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Journal of Planning Education and Research, Vol. 18, No. 2, 113-123 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/0739456X9801800203

Environmental Equity in Central Cities: Socioeconomic Dimensions and Planning Strategies

K. David Pijawka

School of Planning and Landscape Architecture and the Center for Environmental Studies at Arizona State University pijawka{at}asu.edu

John Blair

Center for Environmental Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

Subhrajit Guhathakurta

School of Planning and Landscape Architecture, Arizona State University

Sarah Lebiednik

Phoenix, Arizona

Suleiman Ashur

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Texas at El Paso

This study presents the case of a neighborhood in South Phoenix, Arizona, where latent feelings of inequity in the community were heightened by a serious contamination incident. The incident amplified perceptions of environmental risk and reinforced perceptions of distributional, procedural, and process inequities. Housing prices within the affected area continue to reflect a risk-induced discount when compared to those in adjacent and similar neighborhoods. The property value diminution in the affected area has occurred despite assurances of governmental agencies that residual contaminants are within safe limits. The article concludes with a number of strategies for planners, which should help strengthen planning processes that involve environmental equity considerations in the central areas of our major cities.


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