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ENVIRONMENTAL STATECRAFT AND CHANGING ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS: Chengdu's Ecological Preservation and Eco‐development

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article develops the concept of environmental statecraft to study changing urban environmental politics in China and beyond. Our review of existing conceptions reveals a growing need to account for temporal and geographical complexity. Neoliberal conceptions of eco‐state restructuring are increasingly strained by contemporary geopolitical
Handuo Deng, Fulong Wu, Fangzhu Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

Leverage Effect of New-Built Green Spaces on Housing Prices in a Rapidly Urbanizing Chinese City: Regional Disparities, Impact Periodicity, and Park Size

open access: yesLand
While newly built urban green spaces aim to address environmental concerns, the resulting green gentrification and social inequality caused by escalating property values have become critical topics of urban socio-spatial research.
Siqi Yu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

EVICT, NEGLECT, OR INVEST? Community Power and the Politics of Urban Informality Governance in Jakarta

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Why do some informal neighborhoods receive public investment while others are neglected or evicted? This article addresses the inconsistent governmental responses to informal settlements in Jakarta, Indonesia, during the democratic period. State actions range from violent evictions to tolerance and community‐led improvements.
Kadek Wara Urwasi
wiley   +1 more source

A systematic review of green gentrification and mental health

open access: yesHealth & Place
Urban development projects increasingly incorporate greening efforts in underserved communities to improve human health and promote biodiversity. Unfortunately, these efforts can create a paradox whereby target communities do not reap the benefits due to increased property values, and subsequent physical or social-cultural displacement.
Catherine D. Brown   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Contested Chueca: gentrification and social movements in Madrid

open access: yes, 2022
Η εργασία αυτή ασχολείται με το gentrification, το gaytrification και τις κοινωνικές αντιστάσεις - αγώνες στην πόλη της Μαδρίτης εστιάζοντας ιδιαίτερα στις περιοχές Chueca, Malasaña και Lavapiés.
Ουρεϊλίδου, Φωτεινή   +1 more
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CAPITALIZING CRISIS: Urban Extractivism in Athens Amidst Neoliberal Restructurings

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article we examine the post‐2009 transformation of Athens through the analytical lens of urban extractivism. We argue that the Greek sovereign debt crisis did not operate as a temporary disruption, but as a durable political condition that enabled the institutionalization of extractive urban governance.
Konstantinos Zafeiris   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial justice in the transition to electric vehicle infrastructure

open access: yesnpj Sustainable Mobility and Transport
As global cities rapidly expand EVs charging networks to promote decarbonization, an often-overlooked trade-off is emerging: during the transitional stage before universal adoption, the mandatory “green-exclusive” occupation of limited public parking ...
Zihao Wang, Hongsheng Chen, Shuhan Deng
doaj   +1 more source

ALL POSSIBLE PASTS: Heritage, Simulacra, and Gentrification in Seoul

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Urban heritage scholars have often criticized simulacra as ‘bad’ copies that degrade the ‘good’ model of the past through commercialization and gentrification. This article challenges such Platonic dichotomies of good/bad and model/copy, arguing that the binary of good heritage and bad simulacra is flawed because heritage is itself actualized ...
Myung In Ji
wiley   +1 more source

The Creeping Gentrification of a Street: The Case of the Historic Oval-Shaped Kościelna Street in Poznań

open access: yesArchitecture
The subject of the research is the attractive Kościelna Street connecting two prestigious districts of the city of Poznań (Jeżyce and Sołacz). The oval ring layout of the street with its characteristic green separation strip sets the tone for the entire ...
Oleg Kapliński
doaj   +1 more source

Gentrification in the Athenian Context: the Gas Neighbourhood Case Study [PDF]

open access: yes
Discourse on the phenomenon of gentrification has mainly focused on western cities of the US, Canada and the UK. However gentrification is experienced worldwide.
Georgia Alexandri
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