Strategies for Equitable Community Development -- CM | 1 | EQ

This presentation qualifies for 1 Equity CM.

Although redlining was outlawed in the 1960s, the most vulnerable communities still suffer from unfair distribution of environmental, social, and economic burdens. This presentation delivers strategies to reconnect communities and improve health, well-being, and quality of life.

The effects of redlining continue to manifest in many ways: environmental impacts like heat-island effect, lead exposure, and polluted air; lack of access to transit; and industrial effects on neighborhoods. Recent planning and development projects have made only limited progress in improving land-use planning, improving the public realm, and removing pollution sources. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted other forms of inequities among already marginalized groups, whose needs range from access to health care and amenities to jobs. Digital redlining results in inadequate infrastructure and internet access in previously redlined areas. It impedes a communitiy’s’ ability to use digital technologies and content that affects education, jobs, health care, civic engagement, and more.

This presentation shares community-planning strategies from Oakland, California, and elsewhere. Presenters stress the importance of ongoing, hands-on training for the next generation of architects, planners, and community leaders.

NPC Peer Reviewers assigned this presentation a learning level of Advanced. For more on learning-level descriptions, visit our General Information Page.