ISBN:
9780816666676
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9780816673742 (Sekundärausgabe)
Language:
English
Pages:
276 p.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource ISBN 9780816673742
Edition:
[Online-Ausg.]
Series Statement:
Globalization and Community
DDC:
304.2/3
Keywords:
Geschichte 1965-2008
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Raum
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Soziale Gerechtigkeit
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Stadtforschung
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Stadtentwicklung
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Stadtgeografie
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Stadt
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Räumliche Verteilung
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Los Angeles, Calif.
Abstract:
In 1996, the Los Angeles Bus Riders Union, a grassroots advocacy organization, won a historic legal victory against the city's Metropolitan Transit Authority. The resulting consent decree forced the MTA for a period of ten years to essentially reorient the mass transit system to better serve the city's poorest residents. A stunning reversal of conventional governance and planning in urban America, which almost always favors wealthier residents, this decision is also, for renowned urban theorist Edward W. Soja, a concrete example of spatial justice in action.In Seeking Spatial Justice , Soja ar...
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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