For reflection and discussion: Compare and contrast Hayek’s views on public house and the views espoused in the document “World Charter for the Right to the City” written collaboratively in 2005 by the Habitat International Coalition (HIC).
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Urban planning games can be useful in analyzing social justice principles and assumptions. Sim City, for example, works on the assumption that cities are principally about maximizing profit. Here are some games that might be useful to instructors:
free on-line:
An urban planning simulation game: This simulation was developed by The American Forum for Global Education and its predecessor organizations, Global Perspectives in Educations and the Center for Peace Studies, with the aid of a federal grant and is, therefore, in the public domain
http://www.globaled.org/curriculum/urban.html
commercial games:
City Life: A new virtual city planning game: Sim City “with a conscience” http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/citylife/news.html?sid=6145947&mode=previews; see also article: http://www.planetizen.com/node/19969
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For a very recent debate on urban housing policy, see the summer 2008 debate on Memphis crime, spurred by Hanna Rosin's article, "The American Murder Mystery," that appeared in The Atlantic.
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