CITY, ENVIRONMENT AND INJUSTICE: THE ROLE OF URBAN PLANNING IN ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

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Abstract

Throughout human history, the production of cities and their organization based on urban site characteristics have been relatively closely linked. As cities expand, new relief compartments are included into this urban reality, transforming the first nature into a second one that suites the desires of a society divided into classes. To understand the role of urban planning in producing cities and maintaining environmental quality, this study seeks to associate the appropriation and occupation of landforms with the commodification and unequal distribution of natural resources and environmental problems. Based on theoretical and conceptual discussions on the production of cities, urban planning and environmental quality, we understand that the class society materializes into the urban space to perpetuate capitalism, highlighting environmental injustice, consisting in the poor distribution of access to quality environments and misguided accountability for the occurrence of environmental disasters.

Keywords: Cities; Relief; Urban Planning; Environmental Quality; Environmental Injustice.

Author Biography

Húrbio Rodrigues de Oliveira Costa, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” - FCT/UNESP - Campus de Presidente Prudente

Doutorando em Geografia pela Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP - Presidente Prudente). Membro do Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Geomorfologia, Pedologia e Dinâmicas Ambientais (GEPDA) e do grupo Interações na superfície terrestre, água e atmosfera (GAIA). 

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2023-02-11

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Vol. 48 No. 1 (2023)

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