Creating Equitable, Healthy, and Sustainable Communities
This resource provides a menu of land use and community design strategies that bring together smart growth, environmental justice, and equitable development principles and that community-based organizations, local and regional decision-makers, developers, and others can use to revitalize their communities.
Organization
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Publication Date
2013
Location
National or Global
Topic
IDEA
Infrastructure
Sustainability
Activity
Bicycling
Birding/Wildlife viewing
Camping
Climbing
Equestrian
Fishing
Hiking/Running
Hunting
Motorized sports (boat, snowmobile, ATV, etc.)
Paddling
Winter sports (downhill, Nordic, tube, snowshoe, snowmobile)
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