This research focuses on the role social equity has played in sustainable development since the 1990s using the inclusion of affordable housing as a metric. Through the collection and examination of 492 "sustainable" and "smart growth," mixed-use developments it was identified that less than 40 percent included affordable housing. While this suggests that some progress has been made in the efforts to address social equity in development, it also indicates a significant disparity in the intended beneficiaries of sustainable development.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Palmer Paton, Linnea May

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-031511-154753

Advisor

• Krueger, Robert

Year

• 2011

Date created

• 2011-03-15

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Environmental Policy & Development

Rights statement

• In Copyright