Are We Planning for Equity
Equity Goals and Recommendations in Local Comprehensive Plans
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21476497 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carolyn G Loh (0000-0003-2285-9089), Rose Kim, Kim R (0000-0002-3442-2258) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 181-196 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Planning Association (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0194-4363 • E-ISSN: 1939-0130 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01944363.2020.1829498 |
| OpenAlex | W3094693564 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 56 |
| References cited | 72 |
Problem, research strategy, and findings Social equity goals are supposed to be prioritized in planning along with economic and environmental goals, yet in practice they are often de-emphasized. We developed a publicly available plan equity evaluation tool to investigate to what extent and in what ways local governments incorporate goals and recommendations that would advance equitable outcomes in their comprehensive plans. Using plan content analysis, we find that most plans do not talk about equity, nor do they include many goals and recommendations that would advance equity. More recent plans, plans in communities with more planning capacity, plans in coastal communities, and plans with strong public participation processes have stronger equity orientations. Limitations of our study include that we had a small sample size of 48 plans in a single state, our coding was partly conducted by volunteers, and our study is limited to plan content and so did not investigate existing conditions or equitable outcomes.Takeaway for practice Plans should make equity a guiding principle. Planning processes need to be multifaceted. Plans should identify vulnerable people and geographic areas and ensure equitable protection from hazards and equitable distribution of amenities. Future land use changes should be more transparent
Actuarial science · Business · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Political science · Public economics · Social equality · Economic and Environmental Valuation · Environmental and Social Impact Assessments · Urban Transport and Accessibility
Putting Action in Climate Action Plans
The ABCs of DEI in ACDs
Evaluating the implementation of active transportation infrastructure during the pandemic
Inclusive and intersectoral
Recognizing justice through neighbourhood scale planning in England
Addressing wildfire resilience through comprehensive county-level plan effectiveness in California
At the Intersection of Equity and Innovation
Unequal considerations of justice in municipal adaptation planning
Analysing the treatment of environmental justice and nature-based solutions in the Urban Climate Action Plans of Latin American metropolitan areas
Bundling transport infrastructure projects to achieve equitable development
Housing Precarity in Six European and North American Cities
From Edge City to City
Planning for an Inclusive Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Can ChatGPT Evaluate Plans
Theories and Planning Theories
Complete Community
Who Is Planning for Environmental Justice—and How
Transforming Collaborative Governing Bodies for Immigrants’ Authentic Engagement
Our Diversity Is Our Strength
Evaluating Racial/Ethnic Equity in Planning-Related U.S. Health Impact Assessments Involving Parks and Greenspaces
Welcoming Immigrants
Pathways towards equity
Identifying Plan Perceptions
The long journey to equity
What Is in a Plan? Using Natural Language Processing to Read 461 California City General Plans
Teaching Students How to Read and Assess Plan Content
Missing the Housing for the Trees
Planners as Researchers
Historic Preservation in Legacy City Comprehensive Plans
Fools, Criminals, Consumers, Service Recipients, or Leaders
Analyzing Variations in Characteristics between Jurisdictions That Regulate Small, Affordable Housing Solutions in the United States
Is Time on Our Side? A Longitudinal Analysis of the Quality of Mandated Plans
Evaluating Citizen Participation in Local Public Meetings
Analysis of Strategic Plans from Accredited Graduate Planning Programs
Comprehensive Planning for Healthy Eating and Active Living
Automating Plan Evaluation Using Agentic Large Language Models
Bridging scholarly and community perspectives
How arts and cultural districts can support diversity, equity, and inclusion in their organizations and neighborhoods
Diversity, equity, and inclusion practices in arts and cultural planning
Connectivity or proximity planning in rural areas? Accessibility and equity insights from Crete, Greece
A policy window for equity? The American Rescue Plan and local government response
Invisible women in comprehensive plans
Assessing equity in infrastructure investment distribution among U.S. cities
Do comprehensive plans plan to prevent displacement? An analysis of four regions experiencing gentrification in the United States
Mindsets and actions
Using Large Language Models to Assess Equity in U.S. Local Government American Rescue Plans
Investigating pressures upon urban planners in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia
Equity and the Chief Resilience Officer in the era of 100 Resilient Cities
Pursuing municipal land use interests in densifying cities
An unfulfilled aspiration of state planning
Planning With a Basic Income
Implementing Equity
Values From the Frontlines
The Emergence of Environmental Justice in General Plans
Proceed with caution
The need for proactive environmental planning in local government
Transport Justice
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Visualizing Fairness
Assessing the sustainability performances of industries
Do Strict Land Use Regulations Make Metropolitan Areas More Segregated by Income?
Are We Planning for Sustainable Development?
Mapping social vulnerability to enhance housing and neighborhood resilience
General Plan Evaluation Criteria
Assessing data quality in citizen science
The Planner's Triangle Revisited
Searching for the Good Plan
Integrating social equity into urban transportation planning
Reframing public participation
A Retrospective View of Equity Planning Cleveland 1969–1979
Advocacy and Pluralism in Planning
When Do Plans Matter
Can citizen science enhance public understanding of science
Local Land Use Regulation and the Chain of Exclusion
Social equity in urban resilience planning
Assessing and Interpreting Non-conformance in Land-use Planning Implementation
Why Bother with Good Works? The Relevance of Public Participation(s) in Planning in a Post-collaborative Era
Examining equity
Using Lorenz curves to assess public transport equity
Is There Space for Better Planning in a Neoliberal World? Implications for Planning Practice and Theory
New Urbanism, Social Equity, and the Challenge of Post-Katrina Rebuilding in Mississippi
Planning Communities for All Ages
What Shapes Uneven Access to Urban Amenities? Thick Injustice and the Legacy of Racial Discrimination in Denver’s Parks
Planning Consultants’ Influence on Local Comprehensive Plans
Measuring and Reporting Intercoder Reliability in Plan Quality Evaluation Research
Bypassing Equity? Transit Investment and Regional Transportation Planning
Local Commitment to State-Mandated Planning in Coastal North Carolina
Equity Planning or Equitable Opportunities? The Construction of Equity in the HUD Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grants
Evaluating the Quality of Official Community Plans in Southern British Columbia
Four Potential Disconnects in the Community Planning Process
Risk-averse Regionalism
Metropolitan planning in a vacuum
Can Inclusionary Zoning Be an Effective and Efficient Housing Policy? Evidence from Los Angeles and Orange Counties
Social justice and spatial inequality
Housing for an Urban Renaissance
Democracy in Action
Using content analysis to evaluate local master plans and zoning codes
Overlooking the coast
The application of urban sustainability indicators – A comparison between various practices
Conceptualising sustainability assessment
Equity in the City
Public Participation in Planning
School, Community, and Spatial Equity
Resisting Neoliberalization
Green Cities, Growing Cities, Just Cities
Social vulnerability and the natural and built environment
Reconceiving Environmental Justice
Planning for People, Not Buildings
Social Justice and the City
Reliability in Content Analysis
| Unique citing works | 56 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 11,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 56 |