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Mapping social-ecological injustice in Melbourne, Australia: An innovative systematic methodology for planning just cities

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  • Pineda-Pinto, Melissa
  • Nygaard, Christian A.
  • Chandrabose, Manoj
  • Frantzeskaki, Niki

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Social-ecological justice is an emerging field that argues for nature’s agency, social-ecological awareness, recognition of nature’s capabilities, and participation in decision-making processes. A social-ecological justice perspective lifts the analysis out of a distribution of environmental impacts to humans, to a recognition of social-ecological complexities. However, bringing this perspective to urban planning requires a suite of methods and tools in coordination with existing planning methods that do not address issues of social-ecological justice, or, justice for nature. Drawing from existing methods and tools, this paper presents a novel methodology to define, identify, and map social-ecological injustices in urban landscapes. Three dimensions of social-ecological justice (distribution, recognition, and participation) are operationalised into a set of indicators, which are added to create a Social-Ecological Injustices Index that identifies place hotspots. A fourth dimension, capabilities, is discussed, but not operationalised in the paper. The urban region of Melbourne, which has been undergoing intense urbanisation processes, is used as a case study to test the applicability of this index. The geospatial analysis reveals various degrees of social-ecological injustices across the Melbourne Metropolitan region and unveils the location of the most deprived areas. This methodology can be applied as a systematic and effective way for urban planners and decision-makers to identify and target social-ecological injustice hotspots as areas of prioritisation for urban regeneration with nature-based solutions.

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  • Pineda-Pinto, Melissa & Nygaard, Christian A. & Chandrabose, Manoj & Frantzeskaki, Niki, 2021. "Mapping social-ecological injustice in Melbourne, Australia: An innovative systematic methodology for planning just cities," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 104(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:lauspo:v:104:y:2021:i:c:s0264837721000843
    DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105361
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