{"172811":{"#nid":"172811","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Getting there is Half the Problem","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen one segment of the population is disproportionately impacted by a lack of transportation options, the ability of that population to participate fully in society suffers. In the 2012 Georgia Tech thesis \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/1853\/43724\u0022\u003EIncorporating accessibility into environmental justice assessments: applications in the Atlanta metropolitan region\u003C\/a\u003E,\u201d Stefanie Brodie (MCRP\/ MS-CE \u201812) argues access to public facilities such as libraries, schools, and parks present opportunities for social inclusion. When these opportunities are unduly denied to minority populations, she writes,\u0026nbsp;it \u0022becomes an environmental justice concern.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo evaluate the accessibility of public facilities in the Atlanta metropolitan region, Brodie identifies potentially affected population clusters and analyzes disproportionality and disparity of access to public facilities among the population groups. Her results show that while many of the groups historically impacted by environmental justice issues enjoy access to schools, libraries, and transit, comparatively minority populations\u0026nbsp;have\u0026nbsp;disproportionately\u0026nbsp;limited access to city parks.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBrodie\u2019s method for identifying potential environmental justice issues not only pinpoints areas in need of improvement in Atlanta but can also\u0026nbsp;serve as a model for further study of access to private facilities such as grocery stores and shopping. By discovering deficiencies in accessibility, municipalities are better able to understand the regional impacts of transportation improvements as well as more\u0026nbsp;easily comply with the spirit of environmental justice regulations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EStefanie Brodie\u003Cem\u003E is a 2012 graduate of Georgia Tech\u0027s School of City \u0026amp; Regional Planning and School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and is currently pursuing a PhD in Civil Engineering at Georgia Tech. Professors\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E \u003Cem\u003EAdjo Amekudzi, Catherine Ross, and Michael Meyer served on Brodie\u2019s thesis advisory committee. \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"\u0022Incorporating accessibility into environmental justice assessments: applications in the Atlanta metropolitan region\u0022"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOne recent Georgia Tech thesis addresses the impacts of accessibility on environmental justice efforts in metro Atlanta and finds that\u0026nbsp;not all public facilities are created equal.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27714","created_gmt":"2012-11-26 03:18:26","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:14","author":"Kyle James","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-11-26T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2012-11-26T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"172801":{"id":"172801","type":"image","title":"MARTA train","body":null,"created":"1449178999","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:43:19","changed":"1475894811","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:51","alt":"MARTA train","file":{"fid":"195771","name":"marta.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/marta_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/marta_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":105335,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/marta_0.jpg?itok=rSYF4-SH"}}},"media_ids":["172801"],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"11898","name":"access"},{"id":"360","name":"accessibility"},{"id":"5556","name":"environmental justice"},{"id":"48951","name":"featured student research"},{"id":"171239","name":"stefanie brodie"},{"id":"5603","name":"thesis"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}