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Reconnecting Planning to Health: The Multigenerational Approach
April 2013by: Xiaomeng LiThis briefing paper features multigenerational planning as an effective way to address public health concerns. -
The AdvantAge Initiative
2019This web page shares how the AdvantAge Initiative is helping communities assess their age-friendliness. -
Urban World: Meeting the Demographic Challenge
Urban World, October 2016by: Jonathan Woetzel, Jaana Remes, Jonathan LawThis report introduces the emerging urban demographic challenge. -
Age-Friendly World
Updated 2019This web page includes information about the World Health Organization’s Age-Friendly World initiative. -
Concentrated Poverty and Regional Equity: Findings From the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership’s Shared Indicators Initiative
April 2013by: G. Thomas Kingsley, Rob PitingoloThis report introduces concentrated poverty and regional equity and calculates ratios for measuring both. -
Equity and Efficiency Considerations in Use Value Taxation
2005by: David Soule, Barry BluestoneThis report presents the opportunities and challenges of use value taxes as a land use strategy, including concerns with equity and efficiency, in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. -
Development Without Displacement: Resisting Gentrification in the Bay Area
November 2015by: Dawn Phillips, Luis Flores, Jamila HendersonThis report studies the grassroots efforts to resist gentrification in San Francisco and Oakland, California and shares policy recommendations. -
Unintended Impacts of Redevelopment and Revitalization Efforts in Five Environmental Justice Communities
August 2006by: National Environmental Justice Advisory Council, U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyThis report centers the issues of gentrification and displacement in the conversation of environmental justice. -
Immigrants and Local Governance: The View from City Hall
2005by: S. Karthick Ramakrishnan, Paul LewisThis report considers how involved immigrants are in local civic life in California’s immigrant destination cities. -
Dealing with Neighborhood Change: A Primer on Gentrification and Policy Choices
April 2001by: Maureen Kennedy, Paul LeonardThis report studies the issue of gentrification and considers how to pursue equitable development. -
Strained Suburbs: The Social Service Challenges of Rising Suburban Poverty
October 2010by: Scott Allard, Benjamin RothThis report investigates social service infrastructure in the suburbs of Chicago, Los Angeles, and Washington DC. -
A Tale of Three Cities: The State of Racial Justice in Chicago Report
May 2017by: Kasey Hendricks, Amanda LewisThis report provides a comprehensive picture of the changing conditions of racial and ethnic groups in Chicago during the last half century. -
In Pursuit of Health Equity: Comparing U.S. and E.U. Approaches to Eliminating Disparities
June 2014by: Elizabeth Docteur, Robert BerensonThis report compares U.S. and E.U. policy approaches to addressing health inequities. It discusses the use of action plans, the identification of disadvantaged populations, the role of the health care system, the involvement of multiple sectors, the role of wealth, and the use of data. -
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.” -
Cities Connect: How Urbanity Helps Achieve Social Inclusion Objectives
June 2006by: Todd LitmanThis briefing paper highlights the benefits of improving accessibility and opportunity for social inclusion. -
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. -
Equity and Urban Planning – Engage Those Most Directly Affected by Inequities
November 13, 2015by: Cynthia Silva ParkerThis blog post shares the second lesson from the Interaction Institute for Social Change and Horsley Witten Group’s effort to weave social equity into the RhodeMap RI regional planning process. -
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. -
Equity and Urban Planning – Lead Boldly, Collaboratively, Authentically
November 19, 2015by: Cynthia Silva ParkerThis blog post shares the fourth lesson from the Interaction Institute for Social Change and Horsley Witten Group’s effort to weave social equity into the RhodeMap RI regional planning process. -
Equity and Urban Planning – Build Institutional Capacity and Culture
November 16, 2015by: Cynthia Silva ParkerThis blog post shares the third lesson from the Interaction Institute for Social Change and Horsley Witten Group’s effort to weave social equity into the RhodeMap RI regional planning process. -
Equity and Urban Planning – Weave Equity Into Process and Content
November 9, 2015by: Cynthia Silva ParkerThis blog post shares the first lesson from the Interaction Institute for Social Change and Horsley Witten Group’s effort to weave social equity into the RhodeMap RI regional planning process. -
Environmental Justice: A New Model for Planning in Underserved Communities
November 2014by: Charles Lee, Marva King, Mildred McClainThis recorded webinar explains how to incorporate environmental justice into municipal planning processes. -
Pursuing Inclusive Growth | Daniel Burnham Forum on Big Ideas
September 2015by: Paul Jorgowsky, Renee Lewis Glover, Shelley PotichaThis recorded session considers how to achieve inclusive growth that addresses social equity and economic mobility. -
The Just City: Equality, Social Justice and Growth | The New School
February 2011by: Susan Fainstein, Chung-Wha Hong, Kenneth KnucklesThis recorded session features a lecture by Susan Fainstein, author of The Just City, followed by a panel discussion with policy and planning leaders from New York City. -
Building Cities of Opportunity for All: Policy Solutions for Equitable Economic Development
January 2016by: Nan Whaley, Sly James, Muriel BowserThis recorded session features four mayors describing how to encourage equitable economic development through policy. -
Equitable Development: Connecting All Communities to Opportunity
November 2017by: Majestic Lane, Anne McCulloch, Trinh Huu NguyenThis recorded session features speakers from public and private agencies discussing equitable development. -
Building Equitable Cities
October 2017by: Henry Cisneros, Janis Bowdler, Jeffrey LubellThis recorded session features real estate leaders speaking about equitable urban development. -
Creating Healthy Neighborhoods: Community Planning to Overcome Injustice
2013This self-paced course features videos and other resources that aim to empower residents to become social and environmental justice advocates. -
Urban Displacement Project
2019These interactive maps of New York, Portland, Southern California, and the San Francisco Bay Area show the process of gentrification and displacement. -
Ruth Glass and London: Aspects of Change 1964-2014
2014by: Claire Colomb, Phil Cohen, James CheshireThese audio recordings feature urban planners and geographers reflecting on Ruth Glass’s London: Aspects of Change in the context of contemporary London. -
An Urban Planner's Advice for Making Equity Your Focus
2018by: Carlton EleyThis video features Carlton Eley sharing advice on how students and young planners can expand their knowledge of social justice issues. -
Community Voices on Environmental Justice
2013These videos feature government, non-profit, and community leaders talking about their environmental justice work. -
Greening the Ghetto
February 2006by: Majora CarterThis video features Majora Carter speaking about her effort to address environmental justice issues in the South Bronx. -
JusticeMap
2019by: Aaron KreiderThis interactive map contains national race and income data from the US Census Bureau. -
D.C., Long "Chocolate City," Becoming More Vanilla
2011This audio recording describes the racialized process of gentrification occurring in Washington D.C. -
NALCAB, Guide to Equitable Neighborhood Development
2018by: Paul Joseph Demanche, Carolina Buitrago, Ana EsparzaThis guide explains how to analyze and anticipate neighborhood change to achieve equitable development. -
Advancing Racial Equity in Your City
2017This guide outlines six steps local leaders can follow to improve racial equity.