urban planning

From food deserts to tree inequity, racist planning practices have left Black neighborhoods devoid of amenities that promote health and well-being. But a new crop of urban planners is rising up to change that.

For years, urban planners and housing advocates have understood the effects of gentrification on local populations in general ways — Black, Haitian and Cape Verdean families leaving Boston for Brockton and Randolph, Latinos in East Boston seeking lower rents in Revere and Lynn.