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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. -
Regional Planning for Health Equity
2015by: Victor RubinThis briefing paper considers the social determinants health from a regional perspective. -
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. -
The Geography of Exclusion: Race, Segregation, and Concentrated Poverty
Social Problems, 59(3): 364-388, 2012by: Daniel Lichter, Domenica Parisi, Michael TaguinoThis article analyzes demographic data to track the rise in concentrated poverty and residential segregation, especially among disadvantaged communities of color, at the place and county level. -
The Impact of Gentrification on Ethnic Neighbourhoods in Toronto: A Case Study of Little Portugal
Urban Studies, 48(1): 61-83, 2011by: Robert Murdie, Carlos TeixeiraThis article examines the Little Portugal neighborhood in west central Toronto to point out the positive and negative effects of gentrification on ethnic neighborhoods. -
Cities as Emergent Systems: Race as a Rule in Organized Complexity
Environmental Law, 40(2): 551-597, 2010by: Charles Lord, Keaton NorguistThis article challenges the assumption that cities are chaotic and unmanageable in order to push for political and legal action around environmental justice. -
Beyond Food Deserts: Measuring and Mapping Racial Disparities in Neighborhood Food Environments
Journal of Planning Education and Research, 27: 469-482, 2008by: Samina Raja, Changxing Ma, Pavan YadavThis article investigates the food environment in Erie County, New York, finding that while there are no food deserts, different racial groups have access to different food destinations. -
Understanding the Disposition of Urban Planning Students Toward Social Justice and Equity Themes
SAGE Open: 1-15, July-September 2015by: Kirk HarrisThis article considers the attitudes of students towards social justice and equity and investigates how planning instruction may influence their understanding of these issues. -
The Mountains of Houston: Environmental Justice and the Politics of Garbage
Cite 93, Winter 2014by: Robert BullardThis article highlights the environmental justice concerns of waste management in Houston, exposing the disproportionate burden placed on African American communities. -
Park Usage, Social Milieu, and Psychosocial Benefits of Park Use Reported by Older Urban Park Users from Four Ethnic Groups
Leisure Sciences, 24: 199-218, 2002by: Howard Tinsley, Diane Tinsley, Chelsey CroskeysThis article shares the results of a study that aimed to understand how different groups of older park users engage with the space through structured interviews. -
Rethinking Environmental Racism: White Privilege and Urban Development in Southern California
Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 90(1): 12-40, 2000by: Laura PulidoThis article challenges the environmental racism literature for its lack of engagement with the concept of racism. -
The Ghetto as a Resource for Black America
Journal of the American Institute of Planners, 40(1): 17-30, 1974by: William GoldsmithThis article exposes that current approaches to revitalization do not deal with the issue of power and proposes a new approach that focuses on solutions and community, dealing directly with power and control. -
“Race" and Sexuality: Challenging the Patriarchal Structuring of Urban Social Space
Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 11: 415-432, 1993by: Linda PeakeThis article presents a framework for understanding patriarchy and applies it to analyze living arrangements among low-income women and the creation of a lesbian residential area in Grand Rapids, Michigan. -
A Retrospective View of Equity Planning Cleveland 1969–1979
Journal of the American Planning Association, 48(2): 163-174, 1982by: Norman Krumholz, FAICPThis article features Norman Krumholz speaking on his experience with equity planning in Cleveland in the 1970s. -
Planning in the Face of Power
Journal of the American Planning Association, 48(1): 67-80, 1982by: John ForesterThis article explores how information and misinformation are used to influence the planning process and proposes a new form of “progressive” planning practice. -
Addressing Urban Transportation Equity in the United States
Fordham Urban Law Journal, 31(5): 1183-1209, 2003by: Robert BullardThis article investigates the relationship between transportation and equity, framing transportation as a basic right. -
Time for Trash Equity in New York City
NRDC, October 14, 2014by: Eric GoldsteinThis blog post discusses the inequitable siting of trash processing centers in New York City. -
Live Stream: Towards an Equitable Data-Driven Urbanism: Transforming Practice Via Data Science
February 2019by: Karen ChappleThis recorded session explores the opportunities and challenges of new technologies for understanding neighborhood change. -
Building Better Futures: Innovations in Equitable Development
February 2019by: Oscar Perry, Chase Cantrell, Sam ButlerThis recorded conference features over 15 speakers examining the topic of equitable development in presentations and panel discussions. -
Community Benefits Agreements and Organizing for Equitable Development
October 2018by: Julian Gross, Jennifer Martinez, Jackie Paul SimsThis recorded webinar introduces community benefits agreements (CBAs) as a mechanism for ensuring equitable development. -
Equitable Development: Back to Basics (Equitable Development Training Part 1)
April 2019by: Adam Kent, Irfana Jetha Noorani, Vaughn PerryThis recorded webinar is the first in a series by America Walks and the 11th Street Bridge Park Project that discusses the practice of equitable development. -
Introducing the National Equity Atlas Data and Policy Tool
June 2016by: Carla Thompson, Sarah Treuhaft, Angel RossThis recorded webinar introduces the National Equity Atlas, a tool developed by Policy Link and the USC Program for Environmental and Regional Equity. -
Webinar - Creating Equitable Food Systems With the Healthy Food Financing Initiative
June 2015by: Liberty Canzater, John Flory, Dave JohnsonThis recorded webinar considers the opportunities and challenges of the Healthy Food Financing Initiative. -
What's in the 2019 Planning for Equity Policy Guide
June 2019by: Lynn Ross, AICP, Susan WoodThis video introduces the equity-in-all-policies approach included in the APA’s Planning for Equity Policy Guide. -
Race & Social Equity: A Nervous Area of Government
October 2016by: Susan GoodenThis recorded lecture challenges public officials to change the way they approach racial equity. -
Portland, OR, Siting Guidebook for Neighbors
n.d.This website is maintained by the City of Portland to explain its approach to regulating group homes. -
Newport Beach, CA, Group Homes
2012This webpage provides background resources regarding the city’s approach to regulating different types of group homes. -
Community-Level Factors That Contribute to First Nations and Inuit Older Adults Feeling Supported to Age Well in a Canadian City
Journal of Aging Studies, 48(2019): 50-59, 2019by: Lauren Brooks-Cleator, Audrey Giles, Martha FlahertyThis article centers the unique experience of indigenous older adults in the discussion of age-friendly cities in Canada. -
Built Environment and Physical Functioning in Hispanic Elders: The Role of “Eyes on the Street”
Environmental Health Perspectives, 116(10): 1300-1307, 2008by: Scott Brown, Craig Mason, Tatiana PerrinoThis article investigates the relationship between the physical and psychological functioning of older adults and the front entrance architectural features of homes. -
Disability Rights in Housing
n.d.This page provides the federal definition for people with disabilities and explains the their rights under federal law.. -
Economic Development: A Livability Fact Sheet
2014by: AARP, Walkable and Livable Communities InstituteThis fact sheet aims to help communities embrace mixed-use downtown districts as an age-inclusive planning intervention. -
Housing is the Key to Family-Friendly Cities
Planetizen, April 7, 2014by: Bradley Calvert, AICPThis blog post considers the central role housing must play in creating age-friendly cities. -
Seniors and the City
Governing, April 2011by: Tod NewcombeThis article presents several low-cost ways to make cites more age-friendly. -
Planning for Family Friendly Communities: City of East Lansing, Michigan
2009by: Erica GutierrezThis case study shares how East Lansing, Michigan has worked to improve quality of life through comprehensive planning, downtown development, housing, transportation, and parks initiatives. -
Planning for Family Friendly Communities: City of Miramar, Florida
2009by: Kathleen HooverThis case study shares how Miramar, Florida has worked to improve quality of life through downtown development, housing, parks and recreation, and transportation. -
A Road Map for Age Friendly Communities
June 2017by: Mildred Warner, Jana Lynott, AICP, Alan DeLaTorreThis recorded webinar explores what communities can do to encourage aging-in-place through transportation, housing, and community supports and connections. -
Case Study: The Age-Friendly Programme in Ottawa
2018by: Tine Buffel, Natalie Cotterell, Chris PhillipsonThis case study tracks Ottawa’s progress towards becoming an age-friendly city. -
New York City and Atlanta: Cities Plan for the Aging Population
August 2012by: Lydia MorkenThis case study presents New York City and Atlanta, Georgia as leaders in holistic age-friendly planning. -
Age-Friendly Communities: An Introduction
September 2015by: John PuxtyThis recorded webinar introduces the concept of age-friendly communities and highlights age-friendly initiatives in Ontario and across Canada. -
The Aging-Friendly Agenda Part 2
March 2012by: Kathy Sykes, Katherine Clark, AICP, Allen GlicksmanThis recorded webinar discusses Age-Friendly Philadelphia, a research, planning, and policy agenda based on the EPA’s Aging Initiative model. -
The Case for Age Friendly Communities
July 2016by: Margaret Neal, Kathryn Lawler, Cathy Boyer-ShesolThis recorded webinar chronicles the process of creating The Case for Age-Friendly Communities, a guide by Grantmakers in Aging that explains how to communicate the value of age-friendly communities to funders and other stakeholders.