Julian Agyeman
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Julian Agyeman FRSA FRGS is a professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, and Fletcher Professor of Rhetoric and Debate, at Tufts University,.[1] He is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability.[2] He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts and the Royal Geographical Society.
Julian Agyeman | |
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Born | (1958-11-20) November 20, 1958 (age 65) Beverley, United Kingdom |
Occupation(s) | Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Durham University of London |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Urban planning and environmental social science |
Notable ideas | Just sustainabilities |
Website | www.julianagyeman.com |
In the early 2000s, Agyeman developed the concept of just sustainabilities, defined as “the need to ensure a better quality of life for all, now, and into the future, in a just and equitable manner, whilst living within the limits of supporting ecosystems”.[3] His book on the subject, Introducing Just Sustainabilities: Policy, Planning, and Practice, is widely used at universities.[4]