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Evolving Approaches to Vulnerability, Resilience, and Equity in Charleston, South Carolina's Planning Process

Varel, Ella Cameron
http://orcid.org/0009-0007-9915-6660
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1689810018231528

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2023, Master of Arts, Miami University, Geography.
Resilience planning seeks to respond to and mitigate climate change effects. Such planning can reduce vulnerability and build the capacity to adapt but must take care in addressing issues of equity in the process. To address physical and social vulnerabilities, Charleston, South Carolina has turned to equity and resilience planning. However, these terms can be as ambiguous as they are important. How do planners and stakeholders define and operationalize resilience and equity? How are they integrating equity within both their city plans and the planning process? While scholarly literature and policy increasingly emphasize resilience and equity in theory, more research is needed to understand how cities, particularly coastal cities with significant physical and social vulnerabilities, make sense of these ideas in practice. This thesis uses textual analysis and interviews with stakeholders in resilience planning to understand Charleston’s evolving approaches to vulnerability and equity in the planning process, culminating in a system-wide, integrative City Plan. Additionally, this research looks at the breadth of equity built into Charleston’s City Plan. While Charleston has been consistent in defining and addressing the issues impacting the city, continued and deepened integration of equity within the planning process may strengthen the city's adaptive and overall resilience.
David Prytherch (Advisor)
Mary Henry (Committee Member)
Amélie Davis (Committee Member)
57 p.
Environmental Justice; Geography; Land Use Planning; Sustainability; Urban Planning
vulnerability, resilience, equity, urban planning, city planning, flooding, climate change, climate action, just resilience, socioecological resilience, resilience planning, climate change planning

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  • Varel, E. C. (2023). Evolving Approaches to Vulnerability, Resilience, and Equity in Charleston, South Carolina's Planning Process [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1689810018231528

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Varel, Ella. Evolving Approaches to Vulnerability, Resilience, and Equity in Charleston, South Carolina's Planning Process. 2023. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1689810018231528.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Varel, Ella. "Evolving Approaches to Vulnerability, Resilience, and Equity in Charleston, South Carolina's Planning Process." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2023. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1689810018231528

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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