Design as Repair: How Architecture Is Advancing Environmental Justice

Environmental justice confronts a simple but uncomfortable truth: the benefits and burdens of the environment are not shared equally.Marginalized communities bear a disproportionate share of polluted air, unsafe water, toxic land uses, extreme heat, and the accelerating risks of climate change in cities around the world. These are the consequential products of decades of policy decisions, investment patterns, exclusionary planning practices, and planning choices that have consistently favored certain communities over others.