Abstract
To balance interests among local communities and increase awareness of the need to protect the environment, landscape and spatial order, there is a need for active participation, cooperation and mutual learning of participants in the planning process, including urban planners, specialists from other disciplines (among others, ecologists, landscape architects and surveyors), local authorities and residents. This article presents the problems associated with housing development in suburban areas within the context of rules for sustainable development, and spatial and social justice. It presents an assessment of the spatial configuration of plots and the possibilities for development and management of these in the selected communes located in suburban area of Warsaw, the capital city of Poland. A methodology was developed for the preparation of planning documents in the commune, allowing the minimization of the problem of spatial injustice resulting from the flawed structure of registered plots.
Highlights
The main dispute over spatial planning typically concerns the consideration of the public interest in city development on the one hand, and, on the other hand, the reductions in financial returns for investors and the elimination of spatial conflicts
The objective of this article is to emphasize the importance of the spatial dimension of social processes within the context of forming and, most importantly, counteracting the unfavorable special configuration of registered plots on land allocated for housing development
The article presents a review of scientific and grey literature related to assumptions about sustainable development, involving achieving social justice combined with spatial justice
Summary
The main dispute over spatial planning typically concerns the consideration of the public interest in city development on the one hand, and, on the other hand, the reductions in financial returns for investors and the elimination of spatial conflicts. It is important to differentiate between social, spatial and environmental justice, and injustice. The objectives of public policy in relation to “justice” in city development should be the equitable division of benefits and mitigation of unfavorable effects. Since the appearance of the “right to the city” notion, described by David Harvey in Rebel Cities [1] (based on the equitable use of a city within the scope of rules for sustainable development, democracy, equality and social justice), two alternative concepts have occurred in the literature on the subject: the idea of an “equitable city” by Susan Fainstein [2] and “spatial justice” by Edward Soja [3]. It is still difficult to reach the expected levels of involvement, in respect of residents, and authorities
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