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Can planners advance environmental justice when rebuilding existing locally unwanted land uses?

from Planetizen

Can planners advance environmental justice when rebuilding existing locally unwanted land uses? Planetizen Urban water infrastructure is falling into disrepair across the United States, as pipes and treatment plants near the end of their life cycles. Many cities are stepping up to this problem by developing expansive water infrastructure rebuilding plans. Among them is San Francisco, California, where water officials have begun to redevelop the city's Southeast Treatment Plant (SEP). The SEP, which treats 80% of the city's wastewater, is located in Bayview-Hunters Point, a historically Black neighborhood. Wastewater treatment plants are among other locally unwanted land uses (LULUs) — including power plants and landfills — that are disproportionately sited in low-income communities of color READ MORE

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