Socially Equitable Community Planning: Including Individuals with Disabilities in the Democratic Association of Place

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Keith Christensen
Assistant Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning; Senior Research Scientist, Center for Persons with Disabilities, Utah State University

Keywords

equality, community, planning

Abstract

Individuals with disabilities need opportunities for socially equitable association, where interactions are not premised on relational social qualifications, to realize community membership.  Communities of location, defined by “place” rather than “people,” are a mechanism to avoid and an avenue to address the relational boundaries of communities of organization and culture for individuals with disabilities.  The democratic associations of place supported by communities of location may be a significant factor in individuals with disabilities gaining membership in other types of social communities and being equal members of the community.

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Nov 12, 2014

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Vol. 5 No. 3
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Author Biography

Keith Christensen, Assistant Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning; Senior Research Scientist, Center for Persons with Disabilities, Utah State University

Keith Christensen, MLA, is an assistant professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, and a senior research scientist with the Center for Persons with Disabilities, at Utah State University.  Keith’s research emphasizes the planning and design of socially inclusive environments.