If equity is not made a priority, Cleveland’s vision of becoming a “green city on a blue lake” risks falling victim to the injustices of green gentrification felt in similar…
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Greening projects both large and small in the rapidly developing Saint Henri neighborhood are stitching together a post-industrial landscape to create new and exclusionary forms of urban living. Editors’ note:…
While the uneven distribution of street tree benefits in Barcelona favors elderly residents in particular and partially compensates for the lack of larger green spaces in several districts, it is…
Austin is considered one of the most ecological cities in the US, but due to a history of racial segregation, environmental injustice, gentrification, and misguided policies, access to housing and…
In South Park, the fight for environmental justice is giving way to an affordable housing crisis. This post is part of a special series developed in collaboration with Undisciplined Environments…
A study of two parks in Barcelona that have had very different impacts on children’s social skills shows the importance of considering social structures in the planning of new parks…
This post is the first of a special series developed in collaboration with Undisciplined Environments political ecology blog and which seeks to highlight new research and reflections on the linkages…
While the city of Dublin is home to the largest park in Europe, its historic working-class neighborhood of The Liberties notoriously hosts the least amount of green space in all…
After decades of neglect, a new wave of high-profile developments in West Dallas are threatening long-time residents with a different kind of environmental injustice: green gentrification. For a long time,…
The recent clean-up and regeneration of the notoriously polluted Anacostia River in Washington DC has propelled it to the status of a new green icon in the revived US capital….
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