How does spatial planning deal with issues of fairness in socio-ecological transformation? Strategies and solutions to the biodiversity, soil and climate crises are local, but also directly linked to national and international debates on the distribution of burdens and benefits. The necessary transformation has so far failed not so much because of questions of effectiveness, efficiency or a lack of instruments, but rather because of these very debates about perceived or actual distributive justice.

The 2025 Spatial Planning Yearbook focuses on the environmental and climate justice of socio-ecological transformation: The articles deal with public services “for a good life within planetary boundaries” and the evaluation of public projects in terms of a “just transition”, but also with the socially just provision of housing and mobility.

What conditions must be met for a fair provision of housing, mobility and public services? How can sustainability and justice dimensions be taken into account in project evaluation?

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