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The Spatial Justice of the Commons:
Part 1

Video Summary

This video lecture is the first of two parts of “The Spatial Justice of the Commons”. It is an introduction to the concept of the commons and how this is relevant to spatial justice. It will introduce theory of Spatial Justice such as the “Tragedy of the Commons” and “Rational Choice Theory”.

Roberto Rocco is an Associate Professor of Spatial Planning and Strategy at the Delft University of Technology. He specialises in governance for the built environment, with a special focus on issues of spatial justice and democracy in planning systems, and the interaction between formal and informal institutions. He works as a consultant for the Union for the Mediterranean.

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Dr Roberto Rocco
Associate Professor

Department of Management in the Built Environment

TU Delft

Lecturers

Additional Information

  • Agrawal, A. (2014). Studying the Commons, Governing Common-pool Resource Outcomes: Some Concluding Thoughts. Environmental Science & Policy 36(0), 89-91. 

  • Brinkley, C. (2020). Hardin’s imagined tragedy is pig shit: A call for planning to re-center the commons. Planning Theory, 19(1), 127-144. 

  • Cumbers, A. (2015). Constructing a global commons in, against and beyond the state. Space and Polity, 19(1), 62-75. 

References

  • Dietz, T., Ostrom, E., & Stern, P. C. (2003). The Struggle to Govern the Commons. Science, 302(5652), 1907-1912. 

  • Dillard, J. F., Dujon, V., & King, M. C. (2009). Understanding the social dimension of sustainability. New York: Routledge.

  • Hardin, G. (1968). The Tragedy of the Commons. Science, 162(3859), 1243-1248. 

  • Larsen, G. L. (2012). An Inquiry into the Theoretical Basis of Sustainability. In J. Dillard, V. Dujon, & M. C. King (Eds.), Understanding the Social Dimension of Sustainability. London: Routledge.

  • Ostrom, E. (2009). A  Polycentric Approach for Coping with  Climate  Change.Background Report to  the  2010 World Development  Report. Retrieved from World Bank: http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/480171468315567893/A-polycentric-approach-for-coping-with-climate-change

  • Petracca, M. P. (1991). The Rational Choice Approach to Politics: A Challenge to Democratic Theory. The Review of Politics, 53(2), 289-319. 

  • Sen, A. (2009). The idea of justice. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.

  • World commission on Environment and Development. (1987). Our Common Future, From One Earth to One

  • World. Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development. Retrieved from https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/5987our-common-future.pdf

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