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Legacy effects of redlining on the distribution of greenspaces in US cities

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, EarlyView.
We investigated how a discriminatory housing policy—redlining—has shaped the spatial patterns and configurations of greenspaces throughout 177 cities in the contiguous US. Housing segregation has been a long‐term development practice that has sequestered communities of color to areas with elevated environmental and public health risks.
Travis Gallo, Mason Fidino, Christopher J Schell, Marccus D Hendricks, Seth B Magle   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Countering the effects of urban green gentrification through nature-based solutions: A scoping review

Nature-Based Solutions
Statement of problem: Green gentrification is an emerging issue, where Urban green space (UGS) upgrades lead to higher living costs, displacing lower-income residents, raising concerns about accessibility, sustainability, and equity.
Adriano Bressane, Joao Pedro da Cunha Pinto, Líliam César de Castro Medeiros   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Socio-Spatial Inequalities, and Local Struggles for the Right to the City and to Nature—Cases of Urban Green Parks in Athens

Land, 2022
In this paper we hypothesize that the practices that prevailed during the pandemic period in relation to the right to parks were related to traditional urban discriminatory policies that need to be changed.
Giannis Sotiriou, Chryssanthi (Christy) Petropoulou   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

(In)justice in Smart Cities: Barriers and an Integrative Framework for Solution Pathways From a Global Perspective

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smart city initiatives aim for sustainability and inclusiveness, but recent evidence shows that they often lead to injustices. Although this contradiction has received growing academic attention, a comprehensive understanding of how justice is addressed within smart city practices remains limited.
Md. Nazmul Haque, Emilio Costales, Dominik Beckers, Ayyoob Sharifi, Samar Aad, Luca Mora   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A New Phase of Just Urban Climate Action in the Rocky Mountain West

Urban Planning, 2023
The imperative of climate change has inspired hundreds of cities across the United States to act to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Yet in some contexts, urban greening and climate action have exacerbated social injustices, spawning green gentrification
Clara Stein, Corina McKendry
doaj   +1 more source

Do digital platforms create entrepreneurial opportunities? Evidence from marginal areas

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary This article enters the debate on the effects of digital platforms on entrepreneurial opportunities by estimating whether the entry of a home‐sharing platform shapes entrepreneurial decisions in marginal areas. We add a novel perspective to the literature, as we contend that when economic conditions are unfavorable, digital ...
Francesco Luigi Milone, Emilio Paolucci, Elisabetta Raguseo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inequity in accessibility to urban parks in environmental gentrification areas based on Multi-G3SFCA: A case study of Wuhan’s main urban districts

Ecological Indicators
Equitable access to urban parks is essential for promoting social fairness and sustainable urban development. However, in the context of urban renewal, environmental gentrification has exacerbated inequities in urban park accessibility. Although research
Zixuan Deng, Ling Ning
doaj   +1 more source

Greenway development and gentrification

Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper presents research on expanding access to green spaces in developed areas. Critics claim greenway projects lead to gentrification by increasing the demand for housing and pushing out residents in nearby neighborhoods. We look for evidence of this phenomenon using a sorting model and panel data on aggregate populations in Atlanta ...
Jarron VanCeylon, Richard T. Melstrom
wiley   +1 more source

Funding, Facilities, and the Face of Homelessness: Heterogeneous Impacts of Federal Grants on Sheltered and Unsheltered Counts

Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the causal impact of federal homeless‐assistance grants on reported homelessness and shelter capacity across 370 Continuums of Care in 2019. We exploit cross‐sectional variation in pre‐1940 housing shares, used in Community Development Block Grant formula allocations, as an instrument for combined CoC and Emergency ...
Luke Maddock, Anita Alves Pena
wiley   +1 more source

Identity Impermanence as a Generic Social Process: The Malleability of Gender in Transgender and Nonbinary People's Lives

Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
Drawing on 40 in‐depth interviews with transgender and nonbinary people, we found that respondents' gender identities or displays shifted day‐by‐day and audience‐by‐audience. The first describes respondents shifting their identities and displays based on feeling their way through gender while the latter describes feeling out an audience.
Stef M. Shuster, Andrew Kirks‐Cler
wiley   +1 more source