Creating Equitable, Healthy, and Sustainable Communities: Strategies for Advancing Smart Growth, Environmental Justice, and Equitable Development
This informational publication aims to help low-income, minority, tribal, and overburdened communities shape development that responds to their needs and reflects their values. It identifies approaches that bring together smart growth, environmental justice, and equitable development principles and can be used by community-based organizations, community development corporations, local and regional decision-makers, developers, and other stakeholders to build healthy, sustainable, and inclusive communities. These are places that provide clean air, water, and land; affordable and healthy homes; safe, reliable, and economical transportation options; and convenient access to jobs, schools, parks, shopping, and other daily necessities. This publication provides a menu of strategies and best practices for local policy-makers and community leaders to consider. Each community can choose the approaches that best suit its needs and goals.
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Corporate Authors:
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Sustainable Communities
Washington, DC United States 20460Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Environmental Justice
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Authors:
- McConville, Megan
- Publication Date: 2013-2
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Bibliography; Photos; References;
- Pagination: 88p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Accessibility; Best practices; Community action programs; Decision making; Environmental justice; Equity; Low income groups; Public health; Smart growth; Sustainable development
- Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Society; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01526406
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: EPA 231-K-10-005
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: May 28 2014 3:26PM