Spatial intersectionality and transformative justice

News | Posted on Tuesday 6 February 2024

New article by Dr Susan Forde

image of a destroyed building
Image of a war-torn building

Forthcoming article by Dr Susan Forde in Science Direct’s Cities journal.

Spatial intersectionality and transformative justice as frameworks for equitable urban planning in divided and post-conflict cities

Abstract

In post-conflict and divided cities where urban spatial injustice is reinforced by enduring divisions, the frameworks of spatial intersectionality and transformative justice hold significant potential to address inequity through urban planning. All cities can be considered divided in some way and these divisions often represent spatial injustice or inequitable access to resources and space. However, in post-conflict and divided cities these divisions may be entrenched and may transgenerationally maintain conditions of inequity and violence. This paper presents spatial intersectionality and transformative justice as frameworks for urban planning that have the potential to address inequity and divisions in all cities, but particularly in cities categorised as divided due to violence or conflict. I propose a set of guiding questions for transformative justice informed urban planning.