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Austin, TX, Resolution No. 20170817-053
Resolution No. 20170817-053, Adopted August 2017This standalone policy creates an Anti-Displacement Task Force to study issues related to displacement from gentrification. -
Baltimore, MD, Charter Amendment - Equity Assistance Fund
18-0222, Adopted August 2018This standalone policy creates an Equity Assistance Fund to support efforts that address race, gender, and economic inequity in the city. -
Dallas, TX, Comprehensive Housing Policy
Updated April 2018This standalone policy responds to the need for affordable housing and fair housing choices and patterns of segregation and concentrated poverty. -
New York, NY, Local Law No. 60
Local Laws 2017 No. 60, Approved April 2017This standalone policy requires that environmental justice areas be studied every five years by an interagency working group. -
Seattle, WA, Equitable Development Implementation Plan
Adopted April 2016This functional plan was drafted in anticipation of Seattle 2035, the city’s comprehensive plan. -
Jurupa Valley, CA, 2017 General Plan
Adopted September 2017The city’s comprehensive plan includes an Environmental Justice element. -
Metro Atlanta Equity Atlas
Updated 2019This web page contains access and opportunity data for the Atlanta region. -
National Congress of American Indians
Updated 2019This web page shares information and resources about and for the American Indian and Alaska Native population. -
Center for Social Inclusion
2017This web page shares resources for communities, governments, and other institutions to address structural racism by the Center for Social Inclusion. -
CNU: Equity
Updated 2019This web page describes Congress for the New Urbanism’s stance on equity and provides links to their work on this issue. -
Local and Regional Government Alliance on Race & Equity
Updated 2019This web page supports local and regional governments in addressing racial equity. -
The Unity Council
Updated 2019This web page contains information about The Unity Council, a nonprofit community development organization that works in the Fruitvale District of Oakland, California. -
King County, WA, Comprehensive Plan
Updated October 2018This comprehensive plan belongs to the Built Environment and Health, Food Systems, Social Equity, Solar Energy, and Transfer of Development Rights collections. -
Decatur, GA, The Better Together Community Action Plan
Adopted December 2015This functional plan was developed after the city’s 2010 Strategic Plan to identify actions that various stakeholders can take to improve equity, inclusion, and engagement. -
Newark, NJ, Environmental Justice and Cumulative Impact Ordinance
Adopted July 2016The city’s ordinance amends the zoning and land use regulations to include an Environmental Justice and Cumulative Impacts chapter. -
New York, NY, CreateNYC
Adopted August 2019This functional plan sets an agenda for improving New York City’s cultural ecosystem, with Equity and Inclusion as the first issue area. -
Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions To Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations
Executive Order 12898, Adopted February 1994This standalone policy, signed by former President Clinton, was the first major federal action on environmental justice. -
EPA: Equitable Development and Environmental Justice
Updated March 2019This web page describes the relationship between environmental justice and equitable development. -
New York, NY, Local Law No. 64
Local Laws 2017 No. 64, Adopted April 2017This standalone policy amends the administrative code to add a chapter on Environmental Justice. -
Cultural Asset Mapping
Planning Commissioners Journal, 81: Winter 2011by: Robert VoigtThis article belongs to the Historic Preservation and Social Equity collections. -
Preserving African American Historic Places
2012by: Brent Leggs, Kerri Rubman, Byrd WoodThis guide belongs to the Historic Preservation and Social Equity collections. -
RPA, The Fourth Regional Plan
Adopted November 2017This comprehensive plan belongs to the Creative Placemaking and Social Equity collections. -
Elevating Cultural Relevance and Racial Equity in Research and Evaluation
October 2018by: Yuju Park, Charmaine Runes, Michael KatzThis briefing paper highlights the importance of researching and measuring racial equity in public and private projects. -
Local Policies for Environmental Justice: A National Scan
February 2019by: Ana Isabel Baptista, Amanda Sachs, Claudia RotThis report details zoning, land use, and other policy reforms designed to address environmental justice issues from a national scan. -
The Neighborhood That Went to War Against Gentrifiers
CityLab, March 2017by: Natalie DelgadilloThis article describes how a community in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles is resisting a form of gentrification called “artwashing”. -
Leaders as Conveners of Uncomfortable Conversations
ICMA, September 2016This article points out that leaders have a responsibility to facilitate conversations that allow people to confront their biases about race, class, and religion. -
Spatial Justice: Rasquachification, Race and the City
Creative Time Reports, September 2014by: Roberto BedoyaThis article looks at how placemaking supports social justice. -
Eugene, OR, Envision Eugene
Adopted July 2017The city’s comprehensive plan addresses environmental justice and compatibility. -
Equitable Development: Social Equity by Design
May 2018by: Carlton EleyThis recorded lecture looks at how to incorporate environmental justice into the planning process to practice more equitable development. -
The Planner’s Playbook: A Community-Centered Approach to Improving Health & Equity
December 2020by: Tina Yuen, Jessica NguyenThis guide is designed to help planners center social equity in their work. -
The Back-to-the-City Movement: Neighbourhood Redevelopment and Processes of Political and Cultural Displacement
Urban Studies, 52(10): 1-21, 2014by: Derek HyraThis article examines the revitalization of the Shaw/U Street neighborhood in Washington DC to explain the consequences of the back-to-the-city movement. -
Building Inclusive Communities: Cross-Canada Perspectives and Strategies
April 2003by: Peter Clutterbuck, Marvyn NovickThis report shares the results of focus groups hosted across Canada on the topic of creating more inclusive urban communities. -
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. -
SB 1000 Implementation Toolkit
October 2017by: Amy Vanderwarker, Carlton Eley, David Early, FAICPThis guide supports California communities in implementing the Planning for Healthy Communities Act, which requires that cities and counties include an environmental justice (EJ) element in comprehensive plans. -
Social Equity & Climate Change
November 2015This briefing paper belongs to the Climate Change and Social Equity collections. -
Why Climate Change Action Cannot Succeed Without Social Equity
San Diego UrbDeZine, March 8, 2016by: Murtaza Baxamusa, AICPThis blog post critiques climate action plans, and the sustainability framework, for not meaningfully engaging with social equity. -
Guide to Equitable, Community-Driven Climate Preparedness Planning
May 2017by: Tina Yuen, Eric Yurkovich, Lauren GrabowskiThis guide belongs to the Climate Change and Social Equity collections. -
Spatial Equity Data Tool
November 2021This web page contains links to a tool that allows users to upload national-, state-, county-, and city-scale data sets to identify spatial and demographic disparities. -
Ending American Apartheid: How Cities Achieve and Maintain Racial Diversity
2021by: Daniel Lauber, AICPThis report highlights the forces that contribute to resegregation and the collective costs of resegregation and discusses what planners and other community leaders need to do to promote and maintain racial diversity. -
The Future of Equity in Cities
2017by: Nicole DuPuis, Elias Stahl, Brooks RainwaterThis resource belongs to the Autonomous Vehicles and Social Equity collections. -
Gentrification, Displacement and the Role of Public Investment: A Literature Review
Working Paper Series, 2015-05by: Miriam Zuk, Ariel Bierbaum, Karen ChappleThis report investigates the public sector role in promoting gentrification and displacement. -
National City, CA, General Plan
Adopted January 2012The city’s comprehensive plan contains a Health and Environmental Justice section. -
Richmond, VA, Richmond 300: A Guide for Growth
Adopted December 2020This comprehensive plan belongs to the Biophilic Planning, Climate Change, Comprehensive Planning, Electric Vehicle Infrastructure, and Social Equity collections. -
Baltimore, MD, The 2019 Baltimore Sustainability Plan
Adopted January 2019This functional plan belongs to the Food Systems, Social Equity and Urban Agriculture collections. -
Madison, WI, Comprehensive Plan
Adopted August 2018This comprehensive plan belongs to the Autonomous Vehicles, Built Environment and Health, Smart Cities, Social Equity, and Urban Agriculture collections. -
Northampton, MA, Municipal Code
Updated September 2021This regulation belongs to the Farmland Protection, Social Equity, and Urban Livestock collections. -
Divided by Design
Transportation for America; July 2023This report details how low income communities and communities of color have historically and continue to be disproportionately affected by transportation design and implementation. -
Upward Mobility Framework
2023This website details a framework and methodology on how to boost upward mobility for local communities. -
BlackSpace Manifesto
2021This manifesto presents 14 broad directives to guide Black planners, architects, artists, activists, and designers in their work to protect and create Black spaces. -
Flint, MI, Imagine Flint: Master Plan for a Sustainable Flint
Adopted October 2013This city's comprehensive plan belongs to the Built Environment and Health, Community Visioning, Comprehensive Planning, Food Systems, and Social Equity collections.