Reading: Planning as if People Matter

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From Island Press:
Marc Brenman: ‘Planning as if People Matter: Governing for Social Equity’


Monday, Nov. 12, 2012, 7:30 – 9:00pm

Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca St.
1119 Eighth Avenue at Seneca St., Seattle;
8th + Seneca

While planners and urban designers have made great strides in embracing the sustainability movement, says Marc Brenman, social-justice issues have not drawn the same attention: Of the three“e”s of sustainable planning—environment, economics, and equity—equity is the one most often left behind. Brenman, co-author of Planning as if People Matter: Governing for Social Equity, arguesthat given the changing demographics of our cities and the increasing number of people living in low-income communities, it is a critical time to assure that equity issues are carefully considered in the planning process.

Presented as part of the From Island Press series by Town Hall and Island Press as part of the Town Hall Civics series, in association with IslandWood and Elliott Bay Book Company. Series supported by The Boeing Company, the RealNetworks Foundation, and the True/Brown Foundation.

Tickets are $5 at www.townhallseattle.org or 888/377-4510 and at the door beginning at 6:30 pm. Town Hall members receive priority seating. Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca St.