Examples of our experiences with spatial injustice include regional inequalities in Quatif, Saudi Arabia. Here work is being carried out to provide more equitable resource distribution and to increase mobility through the city. We have also experienced an unequal distribution of urban services within Qom, Iran where there is a very clear divide between the north and south, the north having much better access to high quality spaces, products, schools and air quality vs much poorer conditions in the south. Within the UK we have seen spatial injustice reinforcing the strong class system present, the North-East particularly having less resources and funding, wages being lower and poverty being higher.
Reflecting on these experiences allows us to design with this in mind and work to reduce the inequalities present.
Image reference: Miller, J. (2016) Primrose and Makause, unequal neighborhoods in Johannesburg, South Africa.. Available at: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-07-20-where-you-live-matters-undoing-spatial-injustice/ (Accessed: 25/11/2025).
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