Equity in the Urban Built Environment

Bradley Bereitschaft

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Year: 2024
• eBook ISBN: 9781040298145
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Human Geography

This book explores inequities in the urban built environment across a diverse range of places and considers practical solutions and strategies aimed at building more just, inclusive, and sustainable cities.

Achieving more equitable and prosperous urban places requires a critical examination of the design and layout of our cities. The 16 chapters of this book illuminate the ways in which the built environment, including buildings, roads, public spaces, and other infrastructure, shapes our health and prosperity through a complex set of physical and social interactions. It brings together experts from a variety of fields to identify, and suggest workable solutions for, inequities in the spatial distribution of amenities and disamenities and the processes and policies that give rise to these unjust patterns. Blending scholarly knowledge and practical experience, many of these strategies and solutions are presented through the lens of real-world case studies. One key takeaway is that the planning of our cities should be a communal effort that properly reflects the needs of all residents. Equity in the built environment can only be realized when people of diverse backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, and abilities feel welcome to both shape and enjoy the shared public realm.

This book is intended for a wide audience that primarily includes scholars, students, and professionals in the fields of urban geography, urban planning, landscape architecture, and urban studies. Professionals in urban planning and policy with a desire to advance equity goals will likely appreciate the strategies, recommendations, and best practices discussed within.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title page
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Illustrations
• Contributors
• Equity in the Urban Built Environment: An Introduction and Overview
• 1 Affordable Housing, Equity, and Zoning
• 2 The Motor City’s Evolution: How the Automotive Industry Fueled Detroit’s Transport Inequities
• 3 Equity in Neighborhood Walkability: Challenges and Opportunities
• 4 Near-Roadway Pollution in South Central Fresno, California: Can State-led, Place-based Community Engagement Advance Environmental Justice?
• 5 Understanding Environmental and Food (In)justice through Community-based Research: Stories from Sacramento Community Coalitions
• 6 Green Space Provision and Equity in the City
• 7 Public Space and Environmental Justice in High-Density Cities
• 8 Addressing Environmental Quality Inequities: The Role of Information and Collective Action
• 9 Locating Representational Equity: Intersections between Child-Friendly Cities and Children’s Roles in Realizing Environmental Justice
• 10 Disparities in the Obesogenic Built Environment for Children: A Pilot Study in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
• 11 Health and Equity in Age-Friendly Cities and Communities: A Global Geographic Perspective
• 12 On Equity and Designing Space for the Range of Human Ability
• 13 Auditory Ableism: Exploring Aural Diversity, Equity and Belonging in the Built Environment
• 14 Digital Equity in the United States: Disparities and Socioeconomic Influences on Internet Access and Use
• 15 Impact of the Urban Built Environment on Public Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic
• 16 Regenerative Futures: Climate Justice and Equity in the Built Environment
• Index