Kenneth A. Gould - Routledge Equity, Justice and the Sustainable City: Green Gentrification : Urban Sustainability and the Struggle for Environmental Justice read online ebook DOC, FB2
9781138920163 1138920169 Green Gentrification looks at the social consequences of urban "greening" from an environmental justice and sustainable development perspective. Through a comparative examination of five cases of urban greening in Brooklyn, New York, it demonstrates that such initiatives, while positive for the environment, tend to increase inequality and thus undermine the social pillar of sustainable development. 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. Simply put, urban greening "richens and whitens," remaking the city for the "sustainability class." Without equity-oriented public policy intervention, urban greening is negatively redistributive in global cities. This book argues that environmental injustice outcomes are not inevitable. Early public policy interventions aimed at neighborhood stabilization can create more just sustainability outcomes. It highlights the negative social consequences of green growth coalition efforts to green the global city, and suggests policy choices to address them. The book applies the lessons learned from green gentrification in Brooklyn to urban greening initiatives globally. It offers comparison with other greening global cities. 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., This booklooks at the social consequences of urban sustainability initiatives, that is, "greening." Through a comparative examination of four cases of greening in Brooklyn, New York, it demonstrates that the outcomes of such initiatives, while often positive for environmental sustainability, tend to be socially unsustainable. Although greening is intended to improve the environmental conditions in neighbourhoods, it has the simultaneous consequence of pushing out lower income and minority residents and attracting wealthier in-migrants. Simply put, "greening whitens". By examining four cases of greening within a single city, the book is able to hold a number of variables constant in order to isolate the specific environmental justice impacts of urban environmental amenity creation/restoration. It argues that inequality and injustice are not inevitable outcomes. Early public policy interventions aimed at neighbourhood stabilization can create more just sustainability outcomes. It highlights some of the negative social consequences of movements to "green" the city, and suggests policy choices that can be used to address them. The theoretical scope of the analysis is global. It is widely recognized that cities are leading the way in responding to the global ecological crisis. The book applies the lens developed by a deep analysis of urban greening to urban greening initiatives globally. It offers a comparison of Brooklyn's initiatives with those of other global cities across the planet. It makes explicit comparisons with urban greening initiatives in other U.S. cities (including Oakland, California and Chicago, Illinois), Latin America (including Guayaquil and Quito, Ecuador and Rio de Janeiro and Curitiba, Brazil), as well as in Europe (including Barcelona, Spain and Rome, Italy). This is a timely and original book for all those researching and studying environmental justice, urban planning, environmental sociology as well as urban environmental activists, city planners and policy makers interested in issues of urban greening and gentrification.
9781138920163 1138920169 Green Gentrification looks at the social consequences of urban "greening" from an environmental justice and sustainable development perspective. Through a comparative examination of five cases of urban greening in Brooklyn, New York, it demonstrates that such initiatives, while positive for the environment, tend to increase inequality and thus undermine the social pillar of sustainable development. 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. Simply put, urban greening "richens and whitens," remaking the city for the "sustainability class." Without equity-oriented public policy intervention, urban greening is negatively redistributive in global cities. This book argues that environmental injustice outcomes are not inevitable. Early public policy interventions aimed at neighborhood stabilization can create more just sustainability outcomes. It highlights the negative social consequences of green growth coalition efforts to green the global city, and suggests policy choices to address them. The book applies the lessons learned from green gentrification in Brooklyn to urban greening initiatives globally. It offers comparison with other greening global cities. 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., This booklooks at the social consequences of urban sustainability initiatives, that is, "greening." Through a comparative examination of four cases of greening in Brooklyn, New York, it demonstrates that the outcomes of such initiatives, while often positive for environmental sustainability, tend to be socially unsustainable. Although greening is intended to improve the environmental conditions in neighbourhoods, it has the simultaneous consequence of pushing out lower income and minority residents and attracting wealthier in-migrants. Simply put, "greening whitens". By examining four cases of greening within a single city, the book is able to hold a number of variables constant in order to isolate the specific environmental justice impacts of urban environmental amenity creation/restoration. It argues that inequality and injustice are not inevitable outcomes. Early public policy interventions aimed at neighbourhood stabilization can create more just sustainability outcomes. It highlights some of the negative social consequences of movements to "green" the city, and suggests policy choices that can be used to address them. The theoretical scope of the analysis is global. It is widely recognized that cities are leading the way in responding to the global ecological crisis. The book applies the lens developed by a deep analysis of urban greening to urban greening initiatives globally. It offers a comparison of Brooklyn's initiatives with those of other global cities across the planet. It makes explicit comparisons with urban greening initiatives in other U.S. cities (including Oakland, California and Chicago, Illinois), Latin America (including Guayaquil and Quito, Ecuador and Rio de Janeiro and Curitiba, Brazil), as well as in Europe (including Barcelona, Spain and Rome, Italy). This is a timely and original book for all those researching and studying environmental justice, urban planning, environmental sociology as well as urban environmental activists, city planners and policy makers interested in issues of urban greening and gentrification.