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作者

J. Mohorčich

来源

CITIES,Vol.137,Issue1,Article 104272

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英文

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作者单位

Department of Political Science, The City University of New York, Lehman College, 250 Bedford Park Blvd. West, Bronx, NY 10468, United States of America;Department of Political Science, The City University of New York, Lehman College, 250 Bedford Park Blvd. West, Bronx, NY 10468, United States of America;School of Economics, Xihua University, Chengdu, 610039, China;School of Emergency Management, Xihua University, Chengdu, 610039, China;Section of Landscape Architecture and Planning, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark;Section of Landscape Architecture and Planning, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Denmark;University of Groningen, Department of Sociology, Netherlands;Zhejiang University, Department of Sociology, China;University of Colorado Denver, United States of America;University at Albany, School of Criminal Justice, United States of America;Delft University of Technology, Department of Urbanism, Netherlands;University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom;Utrecht University, Department of Youth & Family, Netherlands;Tilburg University, Developmental Psychology, Netherlands;Department of Accounting, Finance, and Economics, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia;Cities Research Institute, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia;National Council of Research CNR, Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research, UNICAL-Polifunzionale, Rende 87036, Italy;Department of Social Sciences and Educational Sciences in the Mediterranean Area, University for Foreigners “Dante Alighieri”, Reggio Calabria, Italy;Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication, Department of Arts and Culture Studies, Netherlands

摘要

A broad range of progressives, environmentalists, activists, and academics have argued that opposing certain types of new apartment construction is an important form of egalitarian struggle. Successfully opposing new housing construction is understood to (i) improve the lives and capacities for self-determination for locals and (ii) advance Left and egalitarian causes in general. This article shares the commitments to economic and social justice that underlie these views. But the best evidence and arguments available show that opposition to housing rooted in economic and social justice concerns is mistaken empirically and conceptually. This article presents evidence that building dense additional housing at all levels of income (i) improves the lives and capacities for self-determination for people in the vicinity of the new housing and (ii) advances a number of egalitarian causes, e.g. by easing the subsistence pressure that high housing costs inflict on workers and by reducing the total environmental damage caused by human settlements.