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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 GaskinsThe 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 -
Integrating Gender Mainstreaming into U.S. Planning Practice
PAS Memo — November-December 2019by: Sherry RyanThe November-December 2019 PAS Memo introduces the concept of gender mainstreaming, describes how it has been used in the European context, and explores how it could — and why it should — be integrated into U.S. planning practice.List Price$10.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00 -
4 Steps to Creating Inclusive, Anti-Racist Third Spaces
Help community connections flourish.Four tips for defining and designing public outdoor third places to be intentionally inclusive, community driven, and anti-racist. -
A Framework for Promoting Equity Through Zoning
Zoning Practice — July 2019by: Elizabeth Garvin, AICPThis edition of Zoning Practice discusses why modern zoning has not produced equitable outcomes, identifies development outcomes that would be more equitable for local communities, and highlights broad opportunities for zoning reforms to support those outcomes.List price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00 -
More and Better: Increasing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Planning
PAS Memo — May-June 2019by: Kendra SmithThe May-June 2019 issue of PAS Memo discusses the opportunities and challenges of making diversity, equity, and inclusion regular and critical components of the urban planning profession.List Price$10.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00 -
Confronting Systemic Inequity With Institutional Change
New initiatives and offices are pushing for more equitable policy outcomes — and holding cities accountable for the impacts of their decisions.Planning and other city departments are creating initiatives and offices to institutionalize racial and income equity and justice concerns. -
Fair Housing Is More Important Than Ever
Zoning Practice — December 2018by: Donald Elliott, FAICPThis edition of Zoning Practice reviews the basics of fair housing law, two recent developments in fair housing, and discusses practices to help close the gap between the current reality and the ideal of fair housing.List price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00 -
Mind the Gender Gap
Planned mostly by and for men, transit in the U.S. has long failed its most loyal customers: women. But increasing efforts in focused data collection and gender mainstreaming are working to remedy those failures.In the U.S., women account for more than half of all transit ridership, yet their travel patterns and preferences have rarely been accounted for in planning efforts — or even measured. -
Planning for Equitable Development: Social Equity by Design
PAS Memo — March-April 2017by: Carlton EleyThe March/April 2017 issue of PAS Memo highlights the importance of equitable development in creating strong and sustainable communities for all and provides principles and guidance to help planners implement social equity in their communities.List Price$10.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00 -
Building Better Cities for All
Now, more than ever, reevaluating our urban landscapes is necessary for recovery, resilience, and more just and equitable cities. -
Lessons for LEED® for Neighborhood Development, Social Equity, and Affordable Housing
Journal of the American Planning Association, 82(1): 37-49, 2016by: Nicola SzibboThis article belongs to the Affordable Housing Programs, Green Building, and Social Equity collections. -
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. -
The Myth of Social Capital in Community Development
Housing Policy Debate, 12(4): 781-806, 2001by: James DefilippisThis article critiques Robert Putnam’s interpretation of social capital, which is foundational for much community development practice today. -
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. -
A Divided Neighborhood Comes Together Under an Elevated Expressway
Next City, August 2018by: Katy ReckdahlThis article tracks a group of New Orleans residents that are reclaiming a space stripped from their community decades ago. -
Creating Welcoming and Inclusive Communities
Minnesota Cities Magazine, May-Jun 2018by: Danielle CabotThis article features a city’s response to a hate crime and their efforts to create a more inclusive community. -
Active Living and Social Justice: Planning for Physical Activity in Low-income, Black, and Latino Communities
Journal of the American Planning Association, 72(1): 88-99, 2006by: Kristen DayThis article belongs to the Built Environment and Health and Social Equity collections. -
Do Strict Land Use Regulations Make Metropolitan Areas More Segregated by Income?
Journal of the American Planning Association, 82(1): 6-21, 2016by: Michael Lens, Paavo MonkkonenThis article finds that density restrictions are related to the segregation of the rich into enclaves and suggests that inclusionary housing requirements from regional and state agencies may help curb income segregation. -
Refusing to Appropriate: The Emerging Discourse on Planning and Race
Journal of the American Planning Association, 60(2): 242-243, 1994by: Teresa CordovaThis article unapologetically claims that race cannot continue to be a taboo subject in planning and urges planners to create a more equitable planning process. -
Negotiating Grit and Glamour: Young Women of Color and the Gentrification of the Lower East Side
City & Society, 19(2): 202-231, 2007by: Caitlin CahillThis article shares the results of a participatory action research project, highlighting social science research by and for young women of color experiencing neighborhood change. -
Restoring Mill Creek: Landscape Literacy, Environmental Justice and City Planning and Design
Landscape Research, 30(3): 395-413, 2005by: Anne Whiston SpirnThis article looks at the Mill Creek neighborhood in Philadelphia to examine the racial history of disinvestment and neglect and current efforts to address these injustices through planning and design. -
Evaluating Transportation Equity
World Transport Policy & Practice, 8(2): 50-65, 2002by: Todd LitmanThis article introduces transport equity analysis and shares how to incorporate equity into project objectives and evaluation processes. -
Advocacy and Pluralism in Planning
Journal of the American Institute of Planners, 31(4): 331-338, 1965by: Paul DavidoffThis JAPA article urges planners to engage in political processes, like advocates, and to facilitate the creation and presentation of plural plans. -
City and Metropolitan Inequality on the Rise, Driven By Declining Incomes
Brookings, January 2016by: Natalie Holmes, Alan BerubeThis article unpacks the trend of growing income inequality and its consequences. -
How the Creative Placemaking Tide Lifts All Community Boats
Next City, June 2019by: James AndersonThis article tracks the Sweet Water Foundation’s efforts to fight gentrification through placemaking on Chicago’s South Side. -
Why Racial Disparities in Asthma Are an Urban Planning Issue
Next City, May 2019by: M. Sophia NewmanThis article looks at the health disparities among African American residents in Philadelphia. -
America's Tomorrow: Race, Place, and the Equity Agenda
Open Forum: Voice and Opinions from Leaders in Policy, the Field, and Academia, 2012by: Angela Glover BlackwellThis article details why equity is not just a moral issue, but an economic one, given demographic changes. -
Equitable Development: Untangling the Web of Urban Development Through Collaborative Problem Solving
Sustain, 21: 3-12, 2010by: Carlton EleyThis article offers perspectives on smart growth and equitable development, opening a discussion on how to use these practices to improve conditions for all Americans. -
Maintaining Diversity in America's Transit-Rich Neighborhoods: Tools for Equitable Neighborhood Change
New England Community Development, Issue 1: 2010by: Stephanie Pollack, Barry Bluestone, Chase BillinghamThis article explains how public investment that aims to make neighborhoods more transit-rich can lead to gentrification and displacement of core transit users.
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