Zoning, Land Use, and Local Policies for Environmental Justice

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Zoning codes and land-use planning practices have historically had the effect of hardening disparities and expressing forms of racism sedimented in the built environment. These codes and practices are often at the center of fierce land-use conflicts that pit neighborhoods with higher percentages of residents of color and low-income households against polluting industries and the cities and counties that permit them.

This issue of Zoning Practice reviews the relationships among zoning, land use, and environmental justice. It highlights local strategies that illustrate the diversity of approaches cities and counties across the country are using to protect traditionally overburdened areas from noxious land uses.

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