Can Urban Planning and Environmental Protection Go Hand in Hand with Public Safety?
Cities have long treated tree cover and public safety as competing goals. Planners and researchers increasingly argue the two can be designed to work together.
Environment
Urban forests, land use and environmental justice where public safety projects meet communities.
Environmental Justice In Atlanta: Why Stop Cop City Still Matters After 2026 Completion
The training center is built, but the environmental justice concerns raised by nearby neighborhoods have not gone away. Why the debate continues after completion.
Environmental Justice vs Police Militarization: Why Forest Defenders Oppose Cop City
For opponents, the training center brings together two concerns: the loss of urban forest and the growing militarization of American policing. How the two arguments became linked.
How South River Forest Became a Battleground: Inside The Origins of Stop Cop City
Long before the protests, the South River Forest was a former prison farm and a rare stretch of green space in southeast Atlanta. How it became the center of a national fight.