SUN-C03 - Debunking “Green Gentrification”: How Public Space Investment Delivers Environmental Equity and Justice

Sunday, November 21, 2021

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CDT

Location: Music City Center, Room 207

1.00 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AIA/HSW, AICP, FL, NY/HSW

Lead Speaker(s)

DIANE J. Allen, FASLA

Principal Landscape Architect
DesignJones LLC
Arlington, Texas

Speaker(s)

Sierra Bainbridge, ASLA

Managing Director and Senior Principal
MASS Design Group
East Sandwich, Massachusetts
Matthew Williams, ASLA

Urban Planner & Landscape Designer
City of Detroit, Planning & Development Department
Detroit, Michigan

1.00 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AIA/HSW, AICP, FL, NY/HSW

This session addresses neighborhood change and the opportunity for park investments to improve equity while limiting displacement. It will investigate the history of inequitable park and wealth access, and explore how landscape architects can improve spatial equity via authentic engagement, inclusive design and programming, and developing critical partnerships around policy.

Learning Outcomes:

Articulate how past and present policies have created unequal access to high quality parks, and how to advocate for more equitable investments.
Recognize the process of neighborhood change and how landscape architects can use park design and programming and suggest policy shifts to help communities benefit from growth and investment.
Understand the importance of and approach to intentional community engagement and authorship in creating socio-culturally relevant designs.
Understand and assess the factors that affect displacement, and strategies and partnerships to mitigate those adverse outcomes while creating a higher quality built environment and advancing spatial justice for all.