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Reanne Ridsdale Ryerson University Canadian Brownfields Network’s 7th Annual Conference

Rebuilding the City: Using Brownfields to Close the Social Inequality Gap

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Background to Sustainability:

Sustainability is to alleviate poverty, enhance social equality, and justice (WCED, 1987). Status quo development will “compromis[e] the ability of future generations”, but she also critiqued societies’ “inability to promote the common interest in sustainable development is

• ften a product of the relative neglect of economic and social

justice within and amongst nations” (WECD, 1987, p. 40).

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Sustainability Principles are Needed

Ridsdale & Noble, 2016; Ridsdale, 2015 (unpublished thesis)

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• 1. Relationships Between the Pillars

Acknowledged

• 2. Intragenerational Equity
• 3. Intergenerational Equity
• 4. Participatory by Design
• 5. Culturally Appropriate Participation
• 6. Minimize Trade-offs

But, certain principles and elements are missing…

SuRF Technical Initiative

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• 26 members
• Global outreach

Roadmap for SR Community Outline social methodology & stakeholder processes

SuRF Technical Initiative, Part Two

Arnstein, 1969

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Distributive Justice

• Net benefit & impacts spatially

distributed

Procedural Justice

• Concerned with the ‘how’ of social justice

(Boström et al., 2015)

Substantive Justice

• ‘Tangible’ outcomes, decisions, or benefits
• f social justice (Bronstöm et al., 2015;

Sadurski, 1985).

My Research: Social Justice in SR & Brownfields

Hulchanski, 2010

Potential Criteria:

Contamination Free Transit Employment Access Education Access (K-12/13, post-secondary, trades) Access to Food Greenspace Access Urban/Community Gardens Housing Childcare Access to Recreation Centers Access to Religious Centers Access to Cultural & Art Centers Health Care Access

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Do we have the right tools? Are we asking the right questions?

June-16-17

Reanne Ridsdale Dridsdale@ryerson.ca

Thank you!

References:

Arnstein, S. (1969). A ladder of citizen participation. Journal of American Planning Association, 216- 224. Boström, M., Å. Casula Vifell, M. Klintman, L. Soneryd, K. Hallström, & R. Thedvall. (2015) Social sustainability requires social sustainability: Procedural prerequisites for reaching substantive goals. Nature and Culture, 10, 2, 131-156. Harclerode, M., R. Ridsdale, D. Darmendrail, P. Bardos, F. Alexandrescu, P. Nathanail, L. Pizzol, & E. Rizzo. (2015). Integrating the social dimension in remediation decision-making: state of the Practice and way forward. Journal of Remediation, p. 11- 42. Hulchanski, D. (2010). The Three Cities Within Toronto: Income Polarization Among Toronto’s Neighbourhoods, 1970-2005. Cities Centre Press, University of Toronto. Ridsdale, R. & B. Noble. (2016). Assessing sustainable remediation frameworks using sustainability principles. Journal of Environmental Management, 184, p. 36-44. Ridsdale, R. (2015). Assessing sustainable remediation frameworks using sustainability

• discourse. (Unpublished master’s thesis). University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Sadurski, W. (1985). Giving Desert Its Due: Social Justice and Legal Theory. Dordrecht; Springer Science + Business Media. World Commission on Environment and Development. (1987). Our common future: report of the world commission on environment and development. Annex document A/42/427