Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : finding justice in the city / by James Connolly and Justin Steil -- Why justice? : theoretical foundations of the just city debate -- Planning and the just city / by Susan S. Fainstein -- The right to the just city / by David Harvey with Cuz Potter -- Discursive planning : social justice as discourse / by Frank Fischer -- Justice and the spatial imagination / by Mustafa Dikeç -- What are the limits of the just city? : expanding the debate -- From justice planning to commons planning / by Peter Marcuse -- As "just" as it gets? : the European city in the "just city" discourse / by Johannes Novy and Margit Mayer -- Urban justice and recognition : affirmation and hostility in Beer Sheva / by Oren Yiftachel, Ravit Goldhaber, and Roy Nuriel -- On globalization, competition and economic justice in cities / by James DeFilippis -- How do we realize just cities? : from debate to action -- Keeping counterpublics alive in planning / by Laura Wolf-Powers -- Can the just city be built from below? : brownfields, planning, and power in the South Bronx / by Justin Steil and James Connolly -- Fighting for just cities in capitalism's periphery / by Erminia Maricato -- Conclusion : just city on the horizon : summing up, moving forward / by Cuz Potter and Johannes Novy -- Postscript : beyond the just city to the right to the city / by Peter Marcuse.