Environmental justice and the sustainable city

As the debate on sustainable development and environmental justice has gath ered momentum, considerable attention has been paid to identifying key prin ciples. In this paper, I highlight a number of core principles and then mov e on to examine differing styles of policy approach, which have gained favo r among different sources, for moving toward the sustainable city from mark er-based neoliberal reformism to deep green ecologically centered approache s. I highlight four broad categories of approach to sustainable urban devel opment and begin linking those to the core principles of sustainable develo pment.