Does greening generate exclusive residential real estate development? Contrasting experiences from North America and Europe

• DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128376
• Publication Date: 2024-08-13T16:38:28Z
• Authors: Isabelle Anguelovski; Emilia Oscilowicz; James J.T. Connolly; Melissa García-La...; Carmen Perez-del-...; Helen V.S. Cole; Dan Immergluck; Margarita Triguer...; Francesc Baró; Nicholas Martin; David Conesa; Galia Shokry; Lucia Argüelles R...; Austin Matheney; Elsa Gallez; Jésua López Máñez; Blanca Sarzo; Miguel Angel Beltrán; Joaquín Martínez-...
• Keywords: Urban greening

With the branding of a city as green increasingly serving to amplify attractiveness andinvestment while also contributing patterns gentrification, incentive link real estate development and space is growing. Yet, little known about extent which this has generated spatial relationship between newly constructed housing at city-wide level in ways that can be compared cities. This gap knowledge makes it difficult precisely indicate implications for rights, affordability, broader goals urban justice. In response, study explores quantitative trends 26 mid-sized North American European cities, utilizing greening data from last three decades. Results show becomes more significant driver over time operates attract growing number although so US Next, order contextualize results, we employ qualitative field gathered through work Atlanta Amsterdam. We contrast trajectories these cities by examining rights social justice, accounting fact those exhibit different gentrification trends, demonstrated literature. Green indeed proxy understanding justice development. find Amsterdam's legacy policies acts protection against inequities embedded greening, development, gentrification. contrast, embodies historic racial segregation continued Black neighborhoods further intensified. analysis shows across city, but need not always harmful equity.