Lack of Spatial Planning as a Cause of Environmental Injustice in the Context of the Provision of Health Safety to Urban Residents Based on the Example of Warsaw

Spatial planning based on environmental justice is a key activity in the process of provision equal rights to live safe environment and possess opportunities using it. Irrational development land containing historical earth surface contamination constitutes severe threat health safety residents, it may consequently lead slow violence. This paper’s objective identify districts Warsaw where phenomena injustice violence post-industrial areas occur fill indicated knowledge gap such issues Poland. The aim also answer question as whether pedosphere changes use brownfields have considerable effect differences related residents particular Warsaw. results analyses correlations soil risk, social, conditions show that, with large share included register contamination, higher-than-average risk occurs, transformation brownfields. Wola district affected by phenomenon injustice. According research, an area accumulation highest levels well some least favorable indices social (in case both, takes second position). It place dynamic, unplanned transformations brownfields, resulting “discovery” at stage investment process. As evidenced example Wola, lack spatial contaminated leads exposure their higher that result reduced occurrence Therefore, rational consideration aspects instrument terms access healthy life residential environment.