Equitable infrastructure: Achieving resilient systems and restorative justice through policy and research innovation
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.This study proposes a three-tiered framework for equitable and resilient infrastructure, integrating restorative justice and policy innovation. It aims to ensure fair access, minimize risk, and repair historical inequities in infrastructure development.
Area Of Science
- Infrastructure Engineering
- Public Policy
- Social Equity Studies
Background
- Major global infrastructure investments offer opportunities to embed equity.
- Current engineering frameworks lack methods for integrating equity into infrastructure planning, design, and maintenance.
- Existing policies may inadvertently limit innovation needed to address infrastructure inequities.
Purpose Of The Study
- To propose a novel framework for achieving equitable and resilient infrastructure.
- To address the absence of equity-focused frameworks in scientific and engineering fields.
- To guide policy and research toward prioritizing equity in infrastructure.
Main Methods
- Development of a three-tiered framework: restorative justice, incremental policy innovation, and exploratory research innovation.
- Outlining action items for policy and research, emphasizing community engagement and equity metrics.
- Recommendation of a Social, Environmental, and Economic Development (SEED) certification system for professionals.
Main Results
- The proposed framework aims to ensure equitable access and benefits from infrastructure.
- It seeks to minimize risk disparities and address historical and systemic inequities.
- The framework promotes community-engaged research and the creation of specific equity metrics.
Conclusions
- A transformative vision for equitable infrastructure requires integrating social, environmental, and technical dimensions.
- Incremental policy and research innovation are crucial for mitigating risk disparities.
- A SEED certification system can enhance attentiveness to equity across infrastructure development tiers.
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