Our City as Ahupuaʻa: For Justice-Advancing Futures

To reimagine urbanism in Hawai‘i, recovering ahupua‘a (a component of the Hawaiian land system) is the most practical and careful response to today’s pressing public health challenges, including the pandemic, social justice, and climate change. As a technology of waiwai (value), ahupua‘a recovery can help guide the people of Hawaiʻi in restoring our built environment in a way that heals history, and secures justice-advancing futures.