Centering Equity and Justice in Participatory Climate Action Planning: Guidance for Urban Governance Actors
Kayleigh Swanson
Abstract
Advancing equity and justice in climate action planning (CAP) presents a considerable challenge for urban governance actors. This paper provides necessary and practical guidance for developing participatory approaches that help planners avoid perpetuating dominant knowledge systems and corresponding planning interventions that have brought us to the current state of climate change and social inequity. Advancing equity and justice in CAP requires reflexive, participatory practice that centers vulnerable residents and supports communication across differences in social position and systems of meaning. These actions require a fuller accounting of the underlying social processes that drive vulnerability to climate change.
Topics & Concepts
Equity (law)ReflexivityCitizen journalismCorporate governanceClimate justiceParticipatory action researchPolitical scienceEnvironmental planningAction planParticipatory planningClimate changeSocial equalityPublic relationsPublic administrationSociologyEnvironmental resource managementBusinessEconomicsGeographySocial scienceManagementLawFinanceEcologyBiologyAnthropologySustainability and Climate Change GovernanceClimate Change, Adaptation, MigrationDisaster Management and Resilience