http://tags.library.upenn.edu/tag/equity_planning+regional_planning PennTags Feed http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/10733 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/10733 <p>Journal of Planning Education and Research, Vol. 25, No. 3, 249-263 (2006)</p><p><strong>Environmental Justice and the New Regionalism</strong> </p><p> Joel Rast<br />University of Wisconsin&ndash;Milwaukee<br />During the past decade, renewed calls for central city revitalizationhave come from scholars and practitioners working within a newregionalist perspective. Such arguments have provided much ofthe ideological underpinning for coalitions around the countrypromoting smart growth and other regional reforms. Smart growthpolicies seek to curb urban sprawl by channeling investmentinto already developed areas, including inner-city communities.Given the attention paid to urban policy among advocates ofthe new regionalism, one would expect inner-city minoritiesto be well represented in the dialogue. However, the dialogueover smart growth and regionalism has largely failed to engageinner-city African Americans, Latinos, and other minorities.This article asks why that is the case, examines the consequences,and proposes a strategy for reframing the new regionalist debatein a way that may resonate more with minority stakeholders.</p>