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Adecade ago Agyeman, Bullard, and Evans issued
a call for a ‘‘just sustainability’’ that integrates social
equity and justice into efforts to enhance the built environment.
1 Yet, the dominant narrative of sustainability
remains stubbornly oriented toward infrastructural interventions
aimed at enhancing environmental outcomes.
While these efforts provide quality of life benefits related
to, for instance, public health or even sense of place, notions
of equity, justice, or inclusion remain marginalized
in discussions about how to construct sustainable infrastructure.
2,3 Sustainability practices, projects, and technologies,
particularly in urban settings, have largely
focused on green space, green and/or living, buildings, or
a variety of energy saving technologies. Such efforts,
perhaps somewhat predictably, privilege sustainability
projects that are highly visible (e.g., LEED- certified
buildings), relatively quick to implement, have immediately
visible and quantifiable results (e.g., reduction in
electricity usage), and promote economic development.