Spatial justice as a prerequisite for just transition

Successful mine closure scenarios involve a continuing human presence with economic returns; therefore, the most appropriate closure activity requires meticulous territorial analysis and consultations between stakeholders for deciding the reclamation strategy that will aim to obtain spatial justice. Spatial justice can only exist where inhabitants are allowed to produce the place where they live as a collective, creative work, and there cannot be just transition without spatial justice. Where planning is unfair and certain social actors are excluded from the decision-making process, the transition can deepen inequalities instead of providing more prosperity. Such situations may occur frequently in communities with a poorly developed civic culture where citizens do not know how to claim their” right to the City”.