Equitable Development and Environmental Justice
The U.S. EPA Office of Environmental Justice updated its website in late March. There is now a page on ‘Equitable Development and Environmental Justice’ - https://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/equitable-development-and-environmental-justice.
EPA has several ‘place-based programs’. This page helps to explain how environmental justice is a place-based (or planning) issue. The site features six sections, including:
- Overview
- Planning Issues
- Gentrification
- Workshops
- In Practice
- Resources
Launch of the new page is important and timely. Discussions about equitable development have increased in prominence in the context of sustainability and planning policy.
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