Green Gentrification: Urban sustainability and the struggle for environmental justice (Routledge Equity, Justice and the Sustainable City series)
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (998 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1138309133 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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Sarah Dooling, Assistant Professor, The University of Texas. The reality that "greening whitens" socially diverse neighborhoods makes evident the persistent contradictions involved in how cities try to create just and livable places. When community leaders demand that social equity becomes a core component of these plans, and public policy initiatives embrace that vision, Gould and Lewis find that urban greening can facilitate just sustainabilities. Their work is applicable to cities around the world, where efforts to clean-up toxic environments often create economic hardship for low-income and working poor urban residents. These case studies offer historical accounts that provide insights into developing new strategies for equitable and ecologically vibrant places. Pellow, Dehlsen Chair and Profess
Lewis is Director of Brooklyn College's Macaulay Honors Program and Professor of Sociology at the City University of New York/Brooklyn College and Professor at the CUNY Graduate Center in Sociology and Earth and Environmental Sciences, USA. She is Chair-Elect of the Environment and Technology Section of the American Sociological Association.. Kenneth A. Gould is Director of the Urban Sustainability Program and Pr
Great Read Anna Learis Interesting and fresh view on urban environmentalism!
This is a timely and original book for all those studying environmental justice, urban planning, environmental sociology, and sustainable development as well as urban environmental activists, city planners and policy makers interested in issues of urban greening and gentrification.. Early public policy interventions aimed at neighborhood stabilization can create more just sustainability outcomes. Although greening is ostensibly intended to improve environmental conditions in neighborhoods, it generates green gentrification that pushes out the working-class, and people of color, and attracts white, wealthier in-migrants.