Insecurity and Segregation: Rejecting an Urbanism of Fear (original) (raw)

published in Jacquet P, Pauchari R, Tubiana, Cities: Steering Towards Sustainability, 2010, Delhi: TERI Press, p. 177-187. Security discourses taking place in contemporary cities -in both developing and developed countries -feed defiance and legitimize an "urbanism of fear" based on controls that increase social and spatial segregation. Inversely, a sustainable city is an inclusive one capable of making a place for all kinds of people in a shared world. This is a plea for ambitious urban planning policies.