List of Resources

These resources are offered to provide additional background, context, tools, and frameworks for incorporating equity and environmental justice data and principles into airport decision-making. These resources are provided in addition to the references cited throughout the Toolkit.

Section 3.1 Module 1: Self-Assess Equity Practice

Airports Council International - North America. (2023). ACI-NA DEI Working Group Report: Resource Materials and Good Practices for Developing DEI Programs at Airports. https://airportscouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023DEIReport-FINAL.pdf.

City of Atlanta. (n.d.). Resilient Atlanta: Actions to Build an Equitable Future. City of Atlanta. https://resilientcitiesnetwork.org/downloadable_resources/Network/Atlanta-Resilience-Strategy-English.pdf.

Renaissance Planning, Eno Center for Transportation, and FHWA. (2017). Next Generation Scenario Planning: A Transportation Practitioner’s Guide (p. 69). U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration. https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/scenario_and_visualization/scenario_planning/publications/next_gen/fhwahep17099.pdf.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2021). Climate Change and Social Vulnerability in the United States: A Focus on Six Impacts. https://www.epa.gov/cira/social-vulnerability-report.

Section 3.2 Module 2: Seek Meaningful Stakeholder and Community Engagement

Federal Aviation Administration. (2016). FAA Community Involvement Manual. https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/air_traffic/community_engagement/FAA_CIM.pdf.

U.S. Department of Transportation. (2022). Promising Practices for Meaningful Public Involvement in Transportation Decision-Making. https://www.transportation.gov/priorities/equity/promising-practices-meaningful-public-involvement-transportation-decision-making.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2020). Environmental Justice Primer for Ports: The Good Neighbor Guide to Building Partnerships and Social Equity with Communities. https://www.epa.gov/community-port-collaboration/environmental-justice-primer-ports.

Section 3.3 Module 3: Use Spatial Data, Methods, and Tools to Assess Environmental Justice and Equity

Comprehensive - National

Council on Environmental Quality. (n.d.). Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool [Government Agency]. Retrieved June 26, 2023, from https://screeningtool.geoplatform.gov/en/#3/33.47/-97.5.

Data-Driven EnviroLab and Yale-NUS College. (2020). Urban Environment and Social Inclusion Index [Nonprofit Organization]. Urban Environment and Social Inclusion Index (UESI). https://datadrivenlab.org/urban/.

PolicyLink and USC Equity Research Institute. (n.d.). National Equity Atlas Indicators [Research Organization]. National Equity Atlas. Retrieved June 26, 2023, from https://nationalequityatlas.org/indicators.

U.S. Department of Transportation. (n.d.). Equitable Transportation Community Explorer [Government Agency]. Retrieved June 26, 2023, from https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/0920984aa80a4362b8778d779b090723/page/Homepage.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (n.d.-b). EJScreen: Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool [Government Agency]. Retrieved June 26, 2023, from https://www.epa.gov/ejscreen.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (n.d.-c). EnviroAtlas [Government Agency]. Retrieved June 26, 2023, from https://enviroatlas.epa.gov/enviroatlas/interactivemap/.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (n.d.-d). NEPAssist [Government Agency]. Retrieved June 26, 2023, from https://nepassisttool.epa.gov/nepassist/nepamap.aspx.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (n.d.-e). Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators (RSEI) Scores Toxic Release Inventory [Government Agency]. Retrieved June 26, 2023, from https://www.epa.gov/rsei.

Comprehensive - State

California Environmental Protection Agency. (n.d.). CalEnviroScreen 4.0 [Government Agency]. California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. Retrieved June 26, 2023, from https://oehha.ca.gov/calenviroscreen/report/calenviroscreen-40.

Colorado Department of Public Health. (2023, May). Colorado EnviroScreen Environmental Justice Mapping Tool [Government Agency]. https://teeo-cdphe.shinyapps.io/COEnviroScreen_English/.

Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development. (n.d.). Connecticut Distressed Municipalities List [Government Agency]. State of Connecticut. Retrieved June 26, 2023, from https://portal.ct.gov/DECD/Content/About_DECD/Research-and-Publications/02_Review_Publications/Distressed-Municipalities.

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. (n.d.). Illinois Environmental Justice Mapping [Government Agency]. Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Justice (EJ) Policy. Retrieved June 26, 2023, from https://illinois-epa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=f154845da68a4a3f837cd3b880b0233c.

Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. (n.d.). MA DPH Environmental Justice Tool [Government Agency]. Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Environmental Health. Retrieved June 26, 2023, from https://www.mass.gov/dph/ej-tool.

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. (n.d.). Environment Justice Mapping, Assessment, and Protection (EJMAP) Tool [Government Agency]. Environmental Justice in New Jersey. Retrieved June 26, 2023, from https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/548632a2351b41b8a0443cfc3a9f4ef6.

North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality. (n.d.). North Carolina Community Mapping System, Version 1.0 [Government Agency]. North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Environmental Justice. Retrieved June 26, 2023, from https://www.deq.nc.gov/outreach-education/environmental-justice/deq-north-carolina-community-mapping-system.

Washington State Department of Health. (n.d.). Washington Tracking Network: A Source for Environmental Public Health Data [Government Agency]. Washington Tracking Network. Retrieved June 26, 2023, from https://fortress.wa.gov/doh/wtnibl/WTNIBL/.

Comprehensive - Local

Center for Earth, Energy, and Democracy. (n.d.). Twin Cities Environmental Justice Mapping Tool [Advocacy Organization]. Retrieved June 26, 2023, from https://ceed.org/environmental-justice-mapping-tool/.

District Department of Transportation. (2022). Equity Assessment Tool User Guide, 69.

District Department of Transportation. (n.d.). ProTrack+ Comprehensive Project Management Tool [Government Agency]. Retrieved June 26, 2023, from https://protrackplus.ddot.dc.gov/.

Housing

National Covenants Research Coalition. (n.d.). Who we are [Research Organization]. Retrieved June 26, 2023, from https://www.nationalcovenantsresearchcoalition.com/whoweare.

The Digital Scholarship Lab, Cebul, B., Nelson, R. K., Madron, J., Ayers, N., and Fredrickson, L. (n.d.). Renewing Inequality: Family Displacements through Urban Renewal, 1950-1966 [University Research Center]. American Panorama. Retrieved June 26, 2023, from https://dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/renewal.

The Digital Scholarship Lab, National Community Reinvestment Coalition, Nelson, R. K., and Ayers, E. L. (n.d.). Not Even Past: Social Vulnerability and the Legacy of Redlining [University Research Center]. American Panorama. Retrieved June 26, 2023, from https://ncrc.org/holc-health/.

The Digital Scholarship Lab, Nelson, R. K., Madron, J., Ayers, N., Winling, L., Marciano, R., and Connolly, N. B. D. (n.d.). Mapping Inequality: Redlining in New Deal America [University Research Center]. American Panorama. Retrieved June 26, 2023, from https://dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/redlining/#loc=5/39.1/-94.58.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. (n.d.). Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Data Tool [Government Agency]. HUD AFFH. Retrieved June 26, 2023, from https://egis.hud.gov/affht/.

Noise

U.S. Department of Transportation. (n.d.). National Transportation Noise Map [Government Agency]. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Retrieved June 26, 2023, from https://data.bts.gov/stories/s/National-Transportation-Noise-Map/ri89-bhxh/.

Health

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.-a). Environmental Justice Dashboard [Government Agency]. National Environmental Public Health Tracking. Retrieved June 26, 2023, from https://ephtracking.cdc.gov/Applications/ejdashboard/.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.-b). National Environmental Health Data Tracking Tool [Government Agency]. National Environmental Public Health Tracking. Retrieved June 26, 2023, from https://ephtracking.cdc.gov/DataExplorer/.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. (n.d.). CDC/ATSDR Environmental Justice Index (EJI) [Government Agency]. Environmental Justice Index. Retrieved June 26, 2023, from https://onemap.cdc.gov/portal/apps/sites/#/eji-explorer.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. (n.d.). Places: Local Data for Better Health [Government Agency]. Retrieved June 26, 2023, from https://www.cdc.gov/places/.

Health Resources and Services Administration. (n.d.). HRSA Map Tool [Government Agency]. Retrieved June 26, 2023, from https://data.hrsa.gov/maps/map-tool/.

ProPublica, Shaw, A., Younes, L., and Kofman, A. (2022, March 15). “The Most Detailed Map of Cancer-Causing Industrial Air Pollution in the U.S.” [Nonprofit Organization (Newsroom)]. https://projects.propublica.org/toxmap/.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. (n.d.). County Health Rankings [Research Organization]. County Health Rankings & Road Maps. Retrieved June 26, 2023, from https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/explore-health-rankings.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (n.d.-a). AirToxScreen Mapping Tool [Government Agency]. Retrieved June 26, 2023, from https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/a2eea9c204004158a85a18371d6883bc.

Children

diversitydatakids.org and The Institute for Child, Youth and Family Policy at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University. (n.d.). Child Opportunity Index 2.0 [University Research Center, Advocacy Organization]. Diversitydatakids.Org, Data for a Diverse and Equitable Future. Retrieved June 26, 2023, from https://www.diversitydatakids.org/child-opportunity-index?_ga=2.185239530.236198167.1684355198-1175190131.1684355198.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2020). National Analysis of the Populations Residing Near or Attending School Near U.S. Airports Final Report. https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPURL.cgi?Dockey=P100YG4A.txt.

Section 3.4 Module 4: Embed and Institutionalize Equity

Airports Council International - North America. (2023). ACI-NADEIWorking Group Report: Resource Materials and Good Practices for Developing DEI Programs at Airports. https://airportscouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023DEIReport-FINAL.pdf.

Curren, R. (2022). Organizing for Racial Equity Within the Federal Government. Government Alliance on Race and Equity. https://www.raceforward.org/system/files/GARE_Organizing_Racial_Equity_Within_Federal_Agencies_02.18.pdf.

Curren, R., Nelson, J., Marsh, D. S., Noor, S., and Liu, N. (2016). Racial Equity Action Plans: A How-to Manual. Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society, University of California, Berkeley. https://www.racialequityalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/GARE-Racial-Equity-Action-Plans.pdf.

Krop, R. A., Rooke, J., Emil, E., Leahu-Aluas, O., McDonnell, J., West, N. K., and Rosales, M. (2020). ACRP Research Report 217: Guidance for Diversity in Airport Business Contracting and Workforce Programs. Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.17226/25896.

Love, B., and Hayes-Greene, D. (2018). The Groundwater Approach: Building a Practical Understanding of Structural Racism. The Racial Equity Institute. https://www.groundwaterinstitute.com/.

Obias, L., and Yoko-young, E. (2021). From Seed to Harvest: A Toolkit for Collaborative Racial Equity Strategies. Race Forward. https://www.raceforward.org/system/files/RaceForward_RET_FromSeedsToHarvestforCollaborativeGovernance_2021.pdf.

PolicyLink. (2021). For Love of Country: A Path for the Federal Government to Advance Racial Equity. https://www.policylink.org/sites/default/files/pl_report_for-love-of-country_FULL%20REPORT_102721_a.pdf.

Reimagining the Civic Commons. (2021). Place Driving Equity: An Evidence-Based Action Guide on the Role of Public Space for Shared Prosperity. https://civiccommons.us/2021/10/place-driving-equity/.

Rudiger, A. (2022). Advancing Racial Equity A Framework for Federal Agencies. Government Alliance on Race and Equity. https://www.raceforward.org/system/files/GARE%20Advancing%20Racial%20Equity%20-%20A%20Framework%20for%20Federal%20Agencies_2022.02.02-1330.pdf.