East St. Louis Action Research Project University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Background research - LA 338/Arch 374 Collaborative Studio, 2000

 
    environmental equity         sustainability 
environmental educationcommunity organizing 
    cultural identity        livability

Defensibility - perceptions of personal safety/community safety

Liveability - the walkable neighborhood, new urbanism

Legibility - wayfinding and sense of place, paths, nodes, edges

Sustainability - minimizing use of fossil resources, renewability

Cultural identity - historic and significant place/structures

Urban ecology - runoff mitigation, wildlife habitat, reclamation

Environmental equity - polluting sites, access to work

Power and poverty - municipal boundaries, ownership

Community organizing - issue identification, mobilization

Environmental education - activism, curriculum, comm. gardening