TU Delft Centre for the Just City

Social justice is undoubtedly one of the greatest challenges of our times, as rampant inequality erodes the fabric of our societies everywhere, undermining trust in governments and institutions, leading to violence and extremism and eating at the very core of democracy.

Growing inequality, socio-spatial fragmentation, and lack of access to public goods are threats to the sustainability of our cities, especially when sustainability is understood in its three fundamental dimensions (social, economic, and environmental. Social sustainability is underexplored in sustainability studies and the absence of this dimensions in most sustainability study programs means there is an enormous gap to be filled in sustainable urban development.

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