By Summer Sandoval The following piece is part of Progressive City's Planning for Environmental Justice series. Contributions reflect on this theme through a variety of lenses, such as environmental justice, combatting green gentrification, and exploring radical approaches to climate change. Read more about this series here. “关灯!” (guan deng) was a phrase I often heard … [Read more...] about Planning For Environmental Justice in the Age of Climate Disasters: Energy Justice
Call for Submissions: Planning for Environmental Justice in the Age of Climate Disasters
Planners, activists, and advocates find themselves at the crux of an uncertain future. While those in power continue to derail and block necessary actions needed to avoid catastrophic warming of the planet, institutional focus has shifted to recovery, resiliency, and sustainability. Increased investment in green infrastructure to address climate adaptability and resilience has … [Read more...] about Call for Submissions: Planning for Environmental Justice in the Age of Climate Disasters
Taking Community Engagement Seriously: Universities, Inequality and Accountability
By Ana Milic, Alex Megelas, and Emanuel Guay The following piece is part of Progressive City's Planning for Community Economic Development series, which examines a range of initiatives, such as cooperatives, alternative forms of collective land ownership and stewardship, mutual aid networks and worker advocacy/training organizations. Read more about this series … [Read more...] about Taking Community Engagement Seriously: Universities, Inequality and Accountability
When Elites Hide Behind Populist Rhetoric: The Case of “Flushing United”
By Tarry Hum In Flushing Queens, one of New York City’s largest and fastest growing immigrant communities, a developer and business-led group is mobilizing left-populist imagery and rhetoric toward conservative ends. A family transitional housing project has become a flashpoint sparking debate on affordable housing and Flushing’s post-pandemic future. It is a cautionary … [Read more...] about When Elites Hide Behind Populist Rhetoric: The Case of “Flushing United”
City Making through City Breaking: Iconoclasm in Washington, D.C.
By Cecilia A. Quiroga The District of Columbia: Plan and Present The year 2020 was marked by the effervescence of iconoclastic activity, a result of long fermenting anger brewing beneath the surface of the neoliberal spectacle that had lost its ability to dazzle once the Covid-19 pandemic forced societies to face structural inequalities. A prime example of this in the … [Read more...] about City Making through City Breaking: Iconoclasm in Washington, D.C.