By Stefan Chavez-NorgaardThe following piece is part of Progressive City's "Contesting the University as Planner, Occupier, and Developer" series, which asks authors to examine the role of academic institutions in (re)shaping cities and how planning practitioners, activists, educators, students, or other actors can contest their harmful impacts both from within and outside … [Read more...] about From West Harlem to Manhattanville: Columbia University as Planner, Occupier, and Developer
Tracking the Trackers: ICE Detention Counter-Mapping Project
By AJ Kim How do planners move beyond bystanding? What does it mean to do rapid response research? We are witness in these times to the ways in which localities, particularly cities, can either contest or comply with unjust laws and policies. How can we as planners resist? What does compliance compromise? As a field with a clear code of ethics, these are always critical … [Read more...] about Tracking the Trackers: ICE Detention Counter-Mapping Project
Call for Submissions: Contesting the University as Planner, Occupier, and Developer
Universities play a critical and often contradictory role in planning. They not only bestow accreditation and confer degrees, but also shape the discourses and practices that define the field. These in turn influence the design, use, and accessibility of our cities. Although university planning programs make claims of educating practitioners who will work towards more … [Read more...] about Call for Submissions: Contesting the University as Planner, Occupier, and Developer
Trash? Not to Us! Environmental Action in Rio Public Housing Complex Denounces Municipal Neglect and Proposes Waste Collection as a Source of Income
By Amanda Baroni Lopes; Translation by Ujwala Murthy This article is part of a series created in partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University, to produce articles for the Digital Brazil Project on environmental justice in the favelas for RioOnWatch. Several sites of accumulated waste appear throughout the housing complexes … [Read more...] about Trash? Not to Us! Environmental Action in Rio Public Housing Complex Denounces Municipal Neglect and Proposes Waste Collection as a Source of Income
Bioremediation as an Equitable Approach to Brownfield Cleanup
By Clement Lau Brownfields—abandoned or underutilized properties contaminated by industrial or commercial use—are a significant environmental and public health concern. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), there are over 450,000 brownfields across the country. These sites, often concentrated in low-income communities of color, pose a threat to … [Read more...] about Bioremediation as an Equitable Approach to Brownfield Cleanup