Organisation profile

BCNUEJ’s research is motivated by a commitment to building more just, inclusive, healthy and
sustainable cities, putting equity at the center of urban planning and ensuring that the needs,
vulnerabilities, knowledge, and identities of historically marginalized groups are prioritized.
Considering current and emerging inequalities and inequities in urban development and planning,
we develop novel research on environmental justice and sustainability that builds on urban
planning, policy, and studies in social inequality and development. Building on the theory and
methods from urban planning, public policy, urban and environmental sociology, urban geography
and public health, we analyze the extent to which urban plans and policy decisions contribute
to more just, resilient, healthy, and sustainable cities, and how community groups in
distressed neighborhoods contest environmental inequities as a result of urban (re)development
processes and policies.