Social Sustainability
Right to the City
The claim that all urban inhabitants have a right to shape, use and enjoy the city — originally Henri Lefebvre's concept, now embedded in global urban agendas.
Definition
The right to the city is the principle that all present and future inhabitants of cities — permanent or temporary — have the right to occupy, use, produce and enjoy just, inclusive, safe and sustainable cities, and to participate in the decisions that shape them. Articulated by Henri Lefebvre in 1968 as a demand for control over urban life by those who live it, the concept was institutionalised in the New Urban Agenda adopted at Habitat III (2016).
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