EQUITY GUIDE
What should we look for in an equity-based site assessment? SIX KEY CATEGORIES
E NVIRONMENTAL IMPACT • Assess Environmental Stressors
Project Name: Brief Description:
Q UANTITY OF PEOPLE • Examine Total Population Affected U NMET COMMUNITY NEEDS • Identify Community Service Gaps I NTERSECTIONALITY • Recognize Overlapping Identities T ARGET AREA VULNERABILITY • Consider Area Vulnerability Indices Y ES TO ENGAGEMENT • Find Engagement Opportunities
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE TOOLS
START HERE
How to Perform a Equity-Based Site Assessment
Go to CEJST Search and Select an Area
TAKE NOTES
Identified as Disadvantaged?
Take Notes on information
Circle
highlighted in blue
YES or
NO
Go to EJ Screen
Navigate to Reports Select a Location, Add Buffer Select
Search to Zoom Into an Area
TAKE NOTES
Explore Specific Metrics
E NVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
I NTERSECTIONALITY
ASSESSMENT METRICS
ASSESSMENT METRICS
TAKE NOTES:
HISTORICAL EVENTS
RACE/ETHNICITY
ANTICIPATED RISK
GENDER IDENTITY
ECOLOGICAL CHANGES
SEXUAL ORIENTATION
SYSTEMS IN PLACE
DISABILITY STATUS
TEMPERATURE
SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
AIR QUALITY
AGE/GENERATION
ECOSYSTEM POLLUTION SENSORY POLLUTION
USE NOTES TO SET PRIORITY: □ LOW
□ MEDIUM
□ HIGH
RELIGION/SPIRITUALITY NATIONALITY/CITIZENSHIP
TAKE NOTES:
USE NOTES TO SET PRIORITY: □ LOW
□ MEDIUM
Q UANTITY OF PEOPLE
T ARGET AREA VULNERABILITY
ASSESSMENT METRICS
ASSESSMENT METRICS
TAKE NOTES:
POPULATION SIZE
POVERTY
POPULATION DENSITY
UNEMPLOYMENT
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
EDUCATION LEVEL
POPULATION GROWTH RATE
DIGITAL ACCESS
AGE STRUCTURE
PUBLIC HEALTH
MIGRATION TRENDS
HEALTH INSURANCE
URBANIZATION HOUSING STOCK
USE NOTES TO SET PRIORITY: □ LOW
□ MEDIUM
□ HIGH
CRIME RATES GOVERNANCE STABILITY
USE NOTES TO SET PRIORITY: □ LOW
Y ES TO ENGAGEMENT
ASSESSMENT METRICS
ASSESSMENT METRICS
TAKE NOTES:
HEALTHCARE SERVICES
AEIOU/ELITO METHOD
HEALTHY FOOD
SHADOWING
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
KJ METHOD
PUBLIC SPACES
COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS
CULTURAL RESOURCES
PROGRAM SYNERGIES
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PERSONAS
LOCAL BUSINESSES
USE NOTES TO SET PRIORITY: □ LOW
□ MEDIUM
□ HIGH
PUBLIC MEETING OPEN HOUSE
□ HIGH
TAKE NOTES:
U NMET COMMUNITY NEEDS
QUALITY EDUCATION
EJScreen Community Report
□ MEDIUM
□ HIGH
TAKE NOTES:
USE NOTES TO SET PRIORITY: □ LOW
□ MEDIUM
□ HIGH
FELLOWSHIP BOOK: Learn how to connect equity issues to opportunities through relevant narratives, deep dives, spatial mapping, and case studies OTHER RESOURCES: ENVIROATLAS: ECOSYSTEM DATA; TPL: CLIMATE DATA FOR 15 MAJOR CITIES; NTNM: TRANSPORTATION NOISE DATA; CDC/ATSDR SVI: SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX
DEVELOP INITIAL QUESTIONS Based on Notes and Priority