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How Word Choice Builds More Inclusive Communities
Rethinking the language we use can foster trust and make people feel welcome.by: Jon DePaolis February 10, 2025Rethinking the language we use can foster trust and make people feel welcome. -
When Driving is Not an Option
It’s time to recognize and listen to the 25 percent of the U.S. population that doesn’t drive, says author Anna Letitia Zivarts.by: Steve Wright September 05, 2024It’s time to recognize and listen to the 25 percent of the U.S. population that doesn’t drive, says author Anna Letitia Zivarts. -
What Now for Communities and the Unhoused?
Planners find solutions even before the recent Grants Pass Supreme Court decision.by: Daniel VockPlanners find solutions even before the recent Grants Pass Supreme Court decision. -
As Gayborhoods Shrink, Pop-Up LGBTQ+ Spaces Can Build Inclusive Communities
Events are meeting queer people where they are. Here’s how planners can open doors to more.by: Aaron Greiner May 30, 2024Events are meeting queer people where they are. Here’s how planners can open doors to more. -
The New Math of Climate Resilience
A groundbreaking project in Norfolk, Virginia, multiplies the impact of a $112 million federal grant by making social vulnerability and environmental justice, not just property values, major factors in its calculations.by: Jim MorrisonA groundbreaking project in Norfolk, Virginia, multiplies the impact of a $112 million federal grant by making social vulnerability and environmental justice, not just property values, major factors in its calculations. -
4 Tools to Empower Data-driven Planning for Climate and Transportation Equity
Planners can take advantage of the national focus on infrastructure investments to enhance mobility and climate resilience for underserved communities.by: Kelly Dunn, David Wasserman, AICPPlanners can take advantage of the national focus on infrastructure investments to enhance mobility and climate resilience for underserved communities. -
How Cellphone and Fitness App Data is Helping Create Equity in Public Parks
Park planners harness novel data sources and tools to direct equitable conservation, amenities, and access.by: Clement Lau, FAICP July 20, 2023Park planners harness novel data sources and tools to direct equitable conservation, amenities, and access. -
3 Essential Tips for Planning with Multilingual Communities
Community engagement experts offer tested approaches that prevent tokenism, create trust, and foster a sense of belonging.by: Rebecca Greenwald June 09, 2023Community engagement experts offer tested approaches that prevent tokenism, create trust, and foster a sense of belonging. -
Why We Need Queer Urbanism
Heteronormative planning structures exclude and can even endanger queer people, especially those who are trans and BIPOC.by: Aaron Greiner May 19, 2023Heteronormative planning structures exclude and can even endanger queer people, especially those who are trans and BIPOC. -
Equitable Community Engagement Requires Learning, Self-Reflection, and Transparency
Five ways planners, engineers, and other allied professionals can establish a long-term, measurable approach to equitable planning.by: Jennifer Fierman, AICP, Kristof Devastey, PE, PTOE, PTP, Lindsay Welsch Sveen, PhD March 23, 2023Five ways planners, engineers, and other allied professionals can establish a long-term, measurable approach to equitable planning. -
Advancing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Planning Profession Is an Evolving Journey
The Equity in Zoning Policy Guide and Equity in Practice case studies from the American Planning Association help planners move forward on EDI.by: Roberta Rewers February 23, 2023The Equity in Zoning Policy Guide and Equity in Practice case studies from the American Planning Association help planners move forward on EDI. -
Equitable Zoning for Manufactured Housing
Zoning Practice — April 2024by: George Frantz, AICP April 01, 2024This issue of Zoning Practice examines the persistent inequitable treatment of manufactured housing in many local zoning codes and offers considerations for code updates. It begins with brief summaries of the important role manufactured housing plays in supporting housing choice and affordability and includes findings from a five-state analysis of zoning regulations for manufactured housing.List price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00 -
Hurricane Recovery Fails the Financially Vulnerable
Based on a decade of data from Hurricane Sandy, two New York City planners explore the inequities of disaster mitigation and recovery — and what needs to change to prevent climate gentrification.by: Donovan Finn, PhD, Thaddeus PawlowskiBased on a decade of data from Hurricane Sandy, two New York City planners explore the inequities of disaster mitigation and recovery — and what needs to change to prevent climate gentrification. -
Transportation Strategist Naomi Doerner Navigates Mobility Justice
How the country's first transportation equity manager is building a framework to protect the fair and safe movement of people of color.by: Sophia Burns August 31, 2022How the country's first transportation equity manager is building a framework to protect the fair and safe movement of people of color. -
How to Uncover and Honor LGBTQ+ History in the Built Environment
Kentucky and Maryland are the first states to use historical context studies to highlight places influential to the LGBTQ+ community — and drive planning efforts.by: Tatiana Walk-Morris May 20, 2022Kentucky and Maryland are the first states to use historical context studies to highlight places influential to the LGBTQ+ community — and drive planning efforts. -
A Passion for Planning and Social Justice
AAPI planner Chancee Martorell talks about raising the visibility of Thai and other immigrant communities, the three Ps of affordable housing, and dedication to “unwavering principle over political expediency.”by: Tippe Morlan, AICP April 28, 2022AAPI planner Chancee Martorell talks about raising the visibility of Thai and other immigrant communities, the three Ps of affordable housing, and dedication to “unwavering principle over political expediency.” -
What Planners Need to Know about Big Data
Five applications and considerations to help you get started — and prioritize equity and privacy.by: Alexsandra Gomez April 18, 2022Five applications and considerations to help you get started — and prioritize equity and privacy. -
Planning Accessible Communities
PAS Memo 117by: Jeannine Godwin, AICP July 01, 2023This PAS Memo explains the importance of planning and designing truly inclusive communities that engage people with disabilities and meet their accessibility and mobility needs.Nonmembers$10.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00 -
A Community-Powered Plan for Cultural Preservation
From land to language, how Hilton Head Island's Gullah Geechee residents are working with planners to save their culture after generations of displacement.by: Philip Walker, FAICP October 14, 2021From land to language, how Hilton Head Island's Gullah Geechee residents are working with planners to save their culture after generations of displacement. -
7 Trends Knocking at the Planning Office Door
In today’s complex world, balancing everyday activities, near-term plans, and visioning for the future is more challenging than ever. APA Foresight has got you covered.by: Petra Hurtado, PhD, Alexsandra GomezIn today's rapidly changing world, it can be tough to stay abreast of all the challenges facing planners. This article explores seven of the most pressing trends for the profession and what they could mean for your community. -
Dementia-Friendly Public Participation
Accessible public engagement tools are key to ensuring the built environment meets the needs of community members with dementia and other disabilities.by: Samantha Biglieri, PhD, M.Pl. June 17, 2021People living with dementia have the right to be included in the communities in which they live. Fortunately, there are several easy, low-cost accommodations practicing planners can make to better engage them in the planning process. -
6 Ways to Help Bridge the Racial Wealth Gap
Planners can and should play a pivotal role in advancing equitable economic outcomes.by: Karen Kazmierczak March 01, 2021Planners might not always have the authority to redirect funding to historically neglected communities, but they can still play a pivotal role in advancing more equitable outcomes. Here are six ways to get started. -
Eliminating Racial Segregation Is Good Economic Policy
Income disparities and racial segregation are deeply intertwined, burdening both people of color and the U.S. economy. Here's how we can reverse that trend.by: Tatiana Walk-Morris January 01, 2021More than half a century after the Fair Housing Act outlawed policies like redlining, racial segregation continues to plague the U.S. -
Three Essential Questions for Better Planning
PAS Memo 110by: Kyle Ezell, FAICP CUD February 01, 2022This PAS Memo introduces three essential planning questions that help planners ensure their work benefits as many people as possible, negatively impacts as few people as possible, and includes as many people as possible.Nonmembers$10.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00 -
Ending Zoning’s Racist Legacy
Zoning Practice — January 2022by: Jennifer Raitt January 01, 2022This issue of Zoning Practice summarizes how exclusionary zoning practices reinforce patterns of segregation originally established by illegal racial zoning, racially restrictive covenants, and federal policies in the first half of the 20th century. And it highlights steps Boston and Louisville, Kentucky, have taken to begin to rectify these inequities through zoning reforms.List price$0.00ZP subscriber$0.00 -
Advancing Racial Equity Through Land-Use Planning
PAS Memo — May-June 2021by: Paul Mogush, AICPThis edition of PAS Memo explains how the city of Minneapolis addressed racial equity issues in their comprehensive planning process and became the first major U.S. city to eliminate single-family zoning.Nonmember price$10.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00 -
Zoning, Land Use, and Local Policies for Environmental Justice
Zoning Practice — March 2021by: Ana BaptistaThis issue of Zoning Practice reviews the relationships among zoning, land use, and environmental justice. It highlights local strategies that illustrate the diversity of approaches cities and counties across the country are using to protect traditionally overburdened areas from noxious land uses.List price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00 -
Partnering with Health Systems on Affordable Housing Investments
PAS Memo — March-April 2021by: Alyia Gaskins March 01, 2021The March/April 2021 edition of PAS Memo explains why and how planners can partner with hospitals and health systems to create more equitable communities through affordable housing development.Nonmember price$0.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00 -
Democracy in Action?: NIMBY as Impediment to Equitable Affordable Housing Siting
Housing Studies, 30(5): 749-769, 2015by: Corianne Scally, J. Rosie TigheThis article investigates the impact of NIMBYism on affordable housing development, exposing the tension between democracy and equity. -
“The White Space”
Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, 1(1): 10-21, 2015by: Eiljah AndersonThis article discusses the fact that white people are able to avoid what is conceived as “the black space” while black people are forced to interact with “the white space.” -
Cohousing's Diversity Problem
CityLab, August 2017by: Amanda AbramsThis article challenges the cohousing movement for its lack of diversity. -
This Tactical Urbanist Is Pasting Narratives of Enslaved People All Over Richmond
Next City, August 2018by: Gregory Scruggs, AICPThis article highlights one woman’s efforts to share history in the former capital of the Confederacy using tactical urbanism. -
As Disaster Costs Rise, So Does Inequality
Socius, 4: 1-3, 2018by: Junia Howell, James Elliott, AICPThis article examines how inequalities are reinforced in the aftermath of natural hazards. -
Planning for Social Equity
Land Lines, Winter 2017by: Kathleen McCormickThis article tracks what Dallas and Baltimore are doing to center social equity in their planning efforts. -
Leisure Spaces as Potential Sites for Interracial Interaction: Community Gardens in Urban Areas
Journal of Leisure Research, 36(3): 336-355, 2004by: Kimberly Shinew, Troy Glover, Diana ParryThis article examines community gardens in St. Louis to answer whether leisure spaces are perceived as an ideal environment for interracial interaction. -
Paul Davidoff and Advocacy Planning in Retrospect
Journal of the American Planning Association, 60(2): 139-143, 1994by: Barry CheckowayThis article shares how Paul Davidoff attempted to translate APA's ethical mandate into institutional and individual accountability. -
Walking in Another's Shoes: Epistemological Challenges in Participatory Planning
Journal of Planning Education and Research, 21(1): 17-31, 2001by: Karen UmemotoThis article lays out five challenges that planners can have when working with communities that are culturally different from one’s own. -
Is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Brownfields Assessment Pilot Program Environmentally Just?
Environmental Health Perspectives, 110(2): 249-257, 2002by: Laura Solitare, Michael GreenbergThis article assesses the EPA’s brownfields assessment pilot program to determine whether the program is environmentally just. -
Cities and Diversity: Should We Want It? Can We Plan For It?
Urban Affairs Review, 41(1): 3-19, 2005by: Susan FainsteinThis article critiques planning’s focus on diversity and advocates instead for the model of the just city. -
The Geography of Despair: Environmental Racism and the Making of South Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Human Ecology Review, 12(2): 156-168, 2005by: Bob Bolin, Sara Grineski, Timothy CollinsThis article shares the story of residential and economic segregation by race and class in the development of the city of Phoenix, and its legacy of environmental injustice. -
Promoting Equitable Development
Indiana Law Review, 34: 1273-1290, 2001by: Angela Glover BlackwellThis article tracks how social and economic changes have created new challenges and opportunities for addressing inequity. -
Breaking Through to Regional Equity
Race, Poverty & the Environment, Fall 2008by: M. Paloma PavelThis article urges planners to take a regional approach to equity planning, given that spatial racism is most visible at this scale. -
Some Observations on Race in Planning
Journal of the American Planning Association, 60(2): 235-240, 1994by: Robert MierThis article includes anecdotes about working with Mayor Harold Washington of Chicago, demonstrating the importance of equity as a clearly stated political priority. -
A Ladder of Citizen Participation
Journal of the American Institute of Planners, 35(4): 216-224, 1969by: Sherry ArnsteinThis article is a classic text that proposes a typology of citizen participation visualized on the rungs of a ladder, leading from manipulation to citizen control. -
A Call to Courage: An Open Letter to Canadian Urbanists
June 2020by: Jay PitterThis article and online training encourages urbanists working in the Canadian context to respond to discussions of systemic oppression and anti-Black racism occurring across North America. -
Community Immersion, Trust-Building, and Recruitment Among Hard to Reach Populations: A Case Study of Muslim Women in Detroit Metro Area
Qualitative Sociology Review, 14(3): 24-44, 2018by: Mehri Mohebbi, Annulla Linders, Carla Chifos, AICPThis article shows that trust is a necessary component for doing research with hard-to-reach populations. -
Equity Planning Outside City Hall: Rescaling Advocacy to Confront the Sources of Urban Problems
Journal of Planning Education and Research, 35(3): 296-306, 2015by: Marc DoussardThis article reviews how and when equity planners should partner with outside organizations to push for large-scale redistributive policies. -
“We're Not in the Business of Housing:" Environmental Gentrification and the Nonprofitization of Green Infrastructure Projects
Cities, 81(2018): 71-80, 2018by: Alessandro Rigolon, Jeremy NemethThis article looks at the procedural justice issues of large green infrastructure projects. -
Dietary Inequalities: What is the Evidence for the Effect of the Neighbourhood Food Environment?
Health Place, 27: 229-242, 2014by: Christina Black, Graham Moon, Janis BairdThis article outlines the state of research concerning food environments and dietary intake. -
6 Ways Cities Can Create Economic Opportunity for All
Governing, July 2018by: Sterling JohnsonThis article argues that cities need to revise their planning processes in order to achieve more equity, rather than looking for policy solutions.
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