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Age Strong Roundtable - Full Discussion
November 2015by: Emily Allen, Catherine Godschalk, Scott SporteThis video includes a roundtable discussion about Age Strong, AARP Foundation’s social investment initiative designed to support enterprises that provide services to low-income or otherwise vulnerable older adults. -
The Future of Age-Friendly Communities - Research on Aging
Stein Institute for Research on Aging, November 2015by: Laurence WeinsteinThis recorded lecture defines and discusses the dual concepts of livable communities and livable homes. -
WHO/IFA Webinar 1 - Establishing Age Friendly Environments
February 2017by: Alana OfficerThis recorded webinar introduces the World Health Organization’s Global Network of Age-Friendly Cities & Communities. -
WHO/IFA Webinar 8 - Age-Friendly Europe: Good Practices and Next Steps
May 2018by: Manfred HuberThis recorded webinar tracks age-friendly initiatives in Europe and highlights the benefits of collaboration. -
A Place for Everyone: Age Friendly Communities
March 2010by: Gordon Price, Lewis Villegas, Elaine GallagherThis video includes a roundtable discussion with thought leaders on aging from Canada on how to create age-friendly communities. -
Place Matters: A Two-Generation Approach to Housing
December 2018by: Susan Popkin, Elsa Falkenburger, Sarah HaightThis guide shares how housing organizations can better serve low-income families with children through a two-generation (2Gen) approach. -
The Maine Guide: Building Livable, Age-Friendly Communities
September 2016by: Lori Parham, Patricia Oh, Andrea CooperThis guide draws from age-friendly resources by the World Health Organization and AARP to support local age-friendly community efforts in small and rural communities in Maine. -
Responding to Child Care Facilities: A Practical Guide for City & County Planners
2007by: Gerry Raycraft, Pam Schmidr, Ed BolenThis guide is designed for city and county planners to better understand how the childcare system is operated and regulated in California. -
Organizing your Community for Aging in Place
2018by: National Aging in Place CouncilThis guide explains how NAIPC chapters can mobilize community stakeholders and resources to meet the needs of older adults. -
Planning for Aging-Friendly Communities
2019by: University of DelawareThis guide includes links to descriptions of age-friendly concepts and strategies for local officials in Delaware. -
Jemez Springs, NM, Comprehensive Plan
Adopted August 2015The village’s comprehensive starts the conversation of creating an age-friendly, lifelong, and livable community. -
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY, Age-Friendly Louisville Strategic Plan
Adopted 2019This functional plan discusses at length the history and methodology of the planning process, including how the plan engages with the area’s comprehensive plan. -
Berkeley, CA, Age-Friendly Berkeley Action Plan
Adopted December 2018This functional plan prioritizes housing and economic security, transportation and mobility, health and wellness, and social participation and civic engagement to create an age-friendly community. -
District of Columbia, Age-Friendly DC
Adopted 2018This functional plan updates Washington DC’s continued effort to become an age-friendly community. -
Biddeford, ME, Age-Friendly Biddeford
Adopted February 2019This functional plan uses the results of a community survey to propose several age-friendly interventions. -
Boston, MA, Age-Friendly Boston Action Plan
Adopted 2017This functional plan includes age-friendly recommendations organized by the WHO’s eight domains of livability that address topics like dementia, economic insecurity, and social isolation. -
Chula Vista, CA, Creating an Age-Friendly City
Adopted July 2018This functional plan includes a robust discussion of community involvement that intentionally includes youth and older adults. -
West Sacramento, CA, Age-Friendly Action Plan
Adopted 2017This functional plan grounds its work and recommendations in the experiences of older adults from the community. -
Matthews, NC, 2018 Age-Friendly Community Action Plan
Adopted 2018This functional plan proposes age-friendly interventions related to housing, outdoor spaces and buildings, transportation, and community support and health services. -
Minneapolis, MN, Minneapolis for a Lifetime
Adopted November 2016This functional plan adopts housing, transportation, and health and wellness as its three priority areas. -
I Need You, You Need Me: The Young, the Old, and What We Can Achieve Together
May 2017by: Olivia GentileThis report argues for the use of intergenerational programs to combat age-segregation. -
Cities and Ageing
GCIF Policy Snapshot 2, September 2013This report considers the impact that rapid urbanization and aging will have on cities and introduces the Age Friendly City Policy, Planning & Design framework and its indicators. -
Portland, ME, Age Friendly Community Work Plan
2016This functional plan proposes goals, objectives, and actions related to housing, transportation, and health and community services/communication. -
Multi-Generational Community Planning: Linking the Needs of Children and Older Adults
April 2010by: Mildred Warner, George Homsy, AICP, Esther GreenhouseThis briefing paper shows that multigenerational planning is the most effective way to mobilize resources and meet the needs of youth and older adults. -
Expanding Lifestyle Amenities for Families: Parks and Recreation
April 2009by: Kathleen HooverThis briefing paper discusses how parks can be activated to address childhood development, neighborhood safety, public health, and arts and cultural events. -
The Case for Age-Friendly Communities
February 2016by: Margaret Neal, Alan DeLaTorreThis report argues that creating an age-friendly community makes economic and social sense. -
Where We Live: Communities for All Ages
Where We Live 3, 2018by: Nancy LeaMond, Melissa StantonThis report highlights over 100 local projects that are working to enhance livability for all ages across the country. -
Administration for Community Living: Data and Research
Updated September 2017This web page includes data and research on aging & disability, including growth projections and key indicators of well-being. -
Safe Routes for Older Adults
April 2018by: Tracy McMillan, Ana Lopez, Jill CooperThis guide belongs to the Active Transportation and Age-Friendly Communities collections. -
Walk Audit Tool Kit
2016by: AARPThis guide belongs to the Active Transportation and Age-Friendly Communities collections. -
Maricopa County, AZ, Zoning Ordinance
Updated May 2017These regulations belong to the Group Housing, Home Occupations, and Solar Energy collections. -
St. Paul, MN, Saint Paul for All
Approved March 2019This comprehensive plan belongs to the Historic Preservation and Social Equity collections. -
Cities in the Time of COVID-19: How Do We Respond to Anti-Black Racism in Urbanist Practices and Conversations?
June 2020This video contains a conversation between five Black urbanists discussing their experience with anti-Blackness, racism, and other issues in the field of urbanism. -
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. -
Local Governments, Social Equity, and Sustainable Communities: Advancing Social Equity Goals to Achieve Sustainability
2014by: James Svara, Tanya Watt, Katherine TakaiThis report uses data from a national survey to assess whether local governments are incorporating social equity into their sustainability efforts. -
Program for Environmental and Regional Equity: Publications
Updated 2019This clearinghouse organizes resources by research area, including Environmental Justice and Climate Equity, Inclusive Economics and Regional Equity, and Governing Power and Social Movement Building. -
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. -
Community Commons: Equity
Updated 2019This clearinghouse shares tools and resources related to health equity from local, regional, and federal sources. -
Out of Reach 2016: No Refuge for Low Income Renters
2016by: Diane Yentel, Andrew Aurand, Dan EmmanuelThis report investigates the housing affordability crisis and shares data, including housing wage, housing costs, area median income, and renter households, for each state. -
The Racial Origins of Zoning in American Cities
1997by: Christopher Silver, FAICPThis book chapter points out zoning’s early social function as a legal mechanism for separating immigrant and African American populations, serving to preserve property values or enforce racial segregation. -
Doing Democracy Up-Close: Culture, Power, and Communication in Community Planning
2006by: Xavier De Souza BriggsThis book chapter examines the process of community planning to better understand the communication codes and power relations that drive face-to-face interaction. -
Structural Racism and Efforts to Radically Reconstruct the Inner-City Built Environment
November 2001by: Henry Taylor, Sam ColeThis briefing paper argues that community revitalization efforts must address race, class, and power in order to bring about real change. -
How Neighborhoods Affect the Social and Economic Mobility of Their Residents
August 2017by: Margery Austin Turner, Ruth GourevitchThis briefing paper discusses quality services, crime, social networks, and employment as four causal mechanisms in which communities can undermine long-term life chances for residents. -
Wealth Inequality Is a Barrier to Education and Social Mobility
April 2017by: Breno Braga, Signe-Mary McKernan, Caroline RatcliffeThis report tracks the effect of a family’s wealth on a child’s education and upward mobility. -
A New Social Equity Agenda for Sustainable Transportation
March 2012by: Todd Litman, Marc BrenmanThis briefing paper highlights the importance of social equity and environmental justice to transportation policy. -
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.