How can construction create a safe and just space?

By Richard Threlfall2020-02-04T09:29:00

Building the right infrastructure is the key to tackling global poverty in an environmentally sustainable way – if we follow these steps …

In her powerful and radical book, Doughnut Economics, Kate Raworth argues for the rewriting of economic theory and social orthodoxies so that civilisation may live in perpetuity in a “safe and just space”. In this space, everyone, everywhere, has at least the minimum they need for a good quality of life – clean, fresh water, sufficient food, safe and affordable housing, good education and healthcare, personal safety and security, equality, and so on. But the consumption of these goods is bound by the sustainable capacity of the planet, whether in terms of mineral resources, carbon dioxide or the diversity of life on land, sea and air.

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