A Residential Area at the Gates of the City: Controversies Surrounding “Quality of Life”
This article looks at the different meanings of the argument for “quality of life” used in support of an urban densification project in Geneva destined for a suburban area located at the gates of the city. It sheds light on the different values that underline this argument and stresses the dangers o...
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| description | This article looks at the different meanings of the argument for “quality of life” used in support of an urban densification project in Geneva destined for a suburban area located at the gates of the city. It sheds light on the different values that underline this argument and stresses the dangers of using the term “quality of life” in the promotion of inclusive and sustainable cities to justify socially burdensome choices framed by both ecological and rationalist debates without taking into sufficient account the underlying social realities and concerns of the different parties involved. This article analyzes the controversies surrounding an urban densification project, showing how they refer to differentiated visions of “quality of life,” more or less socially and morally legitimized. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c846242406ad4c3794c15dd28f15fe912023-08-28T08:39:06ZengCogitatioSocial Inclusion2183-28032023-08-0111318619810.17645/si.v11i3.68463168A Residential Area at the Gates of the City: Controversies Surrounding “Quality of Life”Arnaud Frauenfelder0Nasser Tafferant1Monica Battaglini2School of Social Work, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland (HES‐SO), SwitzerlandSchool of Social Work, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland (HES‐SO), SwitzerlandSchool of Social Work, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland (HES‐SO), SwitzerlandThis article looks at the different meanings of the argument for “quality of life” used in support of an urban densification project in Geneva destined for a suburban area located at the gates of the city. It sheds light on the different values that underline this argument and stresses the dangers of using the term “quality of life” in the promotion of inclusive and sustainable cities to justify socially burdensome choices framed by both ecological and rationalist debates without taking into sufficient account the underlying social realities and concerns of the different parties involved. This article analyzes the controversies surrounding an urban densification project, showing how they refer to differentiated visions of “quality of life,” more or less socially and morally legitimized.https://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/6846moral controversiesquality of liferesidential areasocial and ecological justiceterritorial regenerationurban densification |
| spellingShingle | Arnaud Frauenfelder Nasser Tafferant Monica Battaglini A Residential Area at the Gates of the City: Controversies Surrounding “Quality of Life” Social Inclusion moral controversies quality of life residential area social and ecological justice territorial regeneration urban densification |
| title | A Residential Area at the Gates of the City: Controversies Surrounding “Quality of Life” |
| title_full | A Residential Area at the Gates of the City: Controversies Surrounding “Quality of Life” |
| title_fullStr | A Residential Area at the Gates of the City: Controversies Surrounding “Quality of Life” |
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| title_short | A Residential Area at the Gates of the City: Controversies Surrounding “Quality of Life” |
| title_sort | residential area at the gates of the city controversies surrounding quality of life |
| topic | moral controversies quality of life residential area social and ecological justice territorial regeneration urban densification |
| url | https://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/6846 |
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