Intersection Between Environmental Justice and Land Use Planning

Abstract:     
Environmental justice goes to the core of traditional land use decisions: choosing sites for locally unwanted land uses (geographic equity); the process for deciding where to site these unwanted land uses, including the location and timing of public hearings (procedural equity); and sociological factors, including which groups hold the political power inherent in land use decisions (social equity). This articles discusses the various tools in land use planning and zoning that can used to promote and implement environmental justice principles.

Keywords: environmental justice, environmental equity, social justice

JEL Classifications: K32, R52

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