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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, AICP, David Wasserman, AICP July 27, 2023Planners 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. -
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 Pawlowski September 30, 2022Based 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. -
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 -
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-MorrisKentucky 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, AICPAAPI 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 GomezFive applications and considerations to help you get started — and prioritize equity and privacy. -
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.People 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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
A Framework for Promoting Equity Through Zoning
Zoning Practice — July 2019by: Elizabeth Garvin, AICP July 01, 2019This issue 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 Smith May 01, 2019The 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 -
Urban Green Space, Public Health, and Environmental Justice: The Challenge of Making Cities ‘Just Green Enough’
Landscape and Urban Planning, 125: 234-244, 2014by: Jennifer Wolch, Jason Byrne, Joshua NewellThis article belongs to the Biophilic Planning, Built Environment, and Health and Social Equity collections. -
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.
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