Barcelona Lab for Urban Environmental Justice and Sustainability (BCNUEJ)

The Barcelona Lab for Urban Environmental Justice and Sustainability examines how we can create more just, resilient, healthy, and sustainable cities.

The Barcelona Lab for Urban Environmental Justice and Sustainability (BCNUEJ) was founded in partnership with the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA) at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and a research group from the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM) in Barcelona. The lab develops novel research that builds on urban planning and policy, social inequality, and development studies. Our main emphasis is on the opportunities and challenges created by urban municipal, community, or private initiatives that enhance sustainability, equity, and health in cities.

Our research examines processes and dynamics that lead to more just, resilient, healthy, and sustainable cities, bringing together theory and methods from urban planning, public policy, urban and environmental sociology, urban geography and public health. Our studies analyze the extent to which urban plans and policy decisions contribute to more just, resilient, healthy, and sustainable cities, and how community groups in distressed neighborhoods contest the existence, creation, or exacerbation of environmental inequities as a result of urban (re)development processes and policies.

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2024-11-14
05:43
1 p, 278.3 KB Corrigendum to "Perceived urban ecosystem services and disservices in gentrifying neighborhoods : Contrasting views between community members and state informants" / Kathryn Rodgman, Mary (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Anguelovski, Isabelle (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Perez del pulgar, Carmen (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Shokry, Galia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; García-Lamarca, Melissa (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Connolly, James J. T. (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Baró Porras, Francesc (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Triguero-Mas, Margarita (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
2024 - 10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101674
Ecosystem services, Vol. 70 (December 2024) , art. 101674  
2024-10-29
10:50
20 p, 5.8 MB Shifting perceptions of green and blue spaces during the COVID -19 pandemic in gentrifying neighbourhoods : Experiences of inclusion and exclusion by women and non-binary residents / Calderón-Argelich, Amalia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Anguelovski, Isabelle (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Cuenca, Valeria-Carolin (Universidad de Alcalá) ; Cole, Helen (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Triguero-Mas, Margarita (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya) ; Valdivia, Blanca (Col·lectiu Punt 6) ; Baró Porras, Francesc (Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Department of Geography)
1. The COVID-19 outbreak triggered a combined health, social and economic crisis, imposing multiple restrictions that altered the use and perception of public green and blue spaces (PGBS). In this article, we explored how the different stages of the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions affected the use and perceptions of public greenspaces and seafront in gentrifying neighbourhoods, focusing specifically on women and non-binary residents. [...]
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2024 - 10.1002/pan3.10722
People and Nature, (October 2024)  
2024-10-18
06:16
22 p, 1.6 MB Pathways linking biodiversity to human health : A conceptual framework / Marselle, Melissa R. (Friedrich Schiller University Jena) ; Hartig, Terry (Uppsala University. Department of Psychology) ; Cox, Daniel T.C. (University of Exeter) ; Bell, Siân de (University of Exeter) ; Knapp, Sonja (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research. Department of Community Ecology) ; Lindley, Sarah (University of Mancheste. Department of Geography) ; Triguero-Mas, Margarita (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Böhning-Gaese, Katrin (Goethe University Frankfurt am Main) ; Braubach, Matthias (European Centre for Environment and Health) ; Cook, Penny A. (University of Salford) ; Vries, Sjerp de (Wageningen University and Research) ; Heintz-Buschart, Anna (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research. Department of Soil Ecology) ; Hofmann, Max (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg) ; Irvine, Katherine N. (The James Hutton Institute) ; Kabisch, Nadja (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Department of Geography) ; Kolek, Franziska (Technical University of Munich and Helmholtz Zentrum München) ; Kraemer, Roland (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research. Department of Monitoring and Exploration Technologies) ; Markevych, Iana (Jagiellonian University. Institute of Psychology) ; Martens, Dörte (Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development) ; Müller, Ruth (Institute of Tropical Medicine) ; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) ; Potts, Jacqueline M. (Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland) ; Stadler, Jutta (German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation) ; Walton, Samantha (Bath Spa University. Department of English Literature) ; Warber, Sara L. (University of Michigan. Department of Family Medicine) ; Bonn, Aletta (Friedrich Schiller University Jena)
Biodiversity is a cornerstone of human health and well-being. However, while evidence of the contributions of nature to human health is rapidly building, research into how biodiversity relates to human health remains limited in important respects. [...]
2021 - 10.1016/j.envint.2021.106420
Environment International, Vol. 150 (May 2021) , art. 106420  
2024-10-09
05:44
13 p, 471.5 KB Why green "climate gentrification" threatens poor and vulnerable populations / Anguelovski, Isabelle (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Connolly, James J. T. (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Pearsall, Hamil (Temple University. Geography and Urban Studies Department) ; Shokry, Galia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Checker, Melissa (City University of New York. Graduate School and University Center) ; Maantay, Juliana (Lehman College. Department of Earth, Environmental, and Geospatial Sciences) ; Gould, Kenneth (City University of New York. Graduate School and University Center) ; Lewis, Tammy (City University of New York. Graduate School and University Center) ; Maroko, Andrew (City University of New York. Graduate School and University Center) ; Roberts, J. Timmons (Brown University. Institute for Environment and Society)
Cities in the Global North are increasingly adoptinggreen interventions meant to enhance their climateresilience capacity. Plans include Philadelphia, PA'sGrowing Stronger, Boston, MA's Resilient Boston Har-bor (Fig. [...]
2019 - 10.1073/pnas.1920490117
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of The United States Of America, Vol. 116, issue 52 (December 2019) , p. 26139-26143  
2024-09-07
08:56
12 p, 5.3 MB Does greening generate exclusive residential real estate development? Contrasting experiences from North America and Europe / Anguelovski, Isabelle (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Oscilowicz, Emilia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Connolly, James J. T (Barcelona Lab de Justícia i Sostenibilitat Ambiental Urbana) ; García-Lamarca, Melissa (Barcelona Lab de Justícia i Sostenibilitat Ambiental Urbana) ; Perez-Del-Pulgar, Carmen (Barcelona Lab de Justícia i Sostenibilitat Ambiental Urbana) ; Cole, Helen (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Immergluck, Dan (Georgia State University. Andrew Young School of Policy Studies) ; Triguero-Mas, Margarita (Barcelona Lab de Justícia i Sostenibilitat Ambiental Urbana) ; Baró Porras, Francesc (Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Sociology and Geography Departments) ; Martin, Nick (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Conesa, David (Universitat de València. Departament d'Estadística i Investigació Operativa) ; Shokry, Galia (Barcelona Lab de Justícia i Sostenibilitat Ambiental Urbana) ; Argüelles Ramos, Lucia (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Estudis d'Economia i Empresa) ; Matheney, Austin (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Gallez, Elsa (Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Sociology and Geography Departments) ; López Máñez, Jésua (Universitat de València. Departament d'Estadística i Investigació Operativa) ; Sarzo, Blanca (Universitat de València. Departament d'Estadística i Investigació Operativa) ; Beltrán, Miguel Ángel (Universitat de València. Departament d'Estadística i Investigació Operativa) ; Martínez-Minaya, Joaquín (Universitat Politècnica de València. Departament d'Estadística Aplicada i Investigació Operativa i Qualitat)
With the branding of a city as green increasingly serving to amplify attractiveness andinvestment while also contributing to patterns of green gentrification, the incentive to link real estate development and green space is growing. [...]
2024 - 10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128376
Urban forestry & urban greening, Vol. 101 (November 2024) , art. 128376  
2024-07-02
05:21
13 p, 5.0 MB Exploring ownership of change and health equity implications in neighborhood change processes : A community-led approach to enhancing just climate resilience in Everett, MA / Breton-Carbonneau, Andréanne (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Anguelovski, Isabelle (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; O'brien, Kathleen (Everett Community Growers) ; Echevarría-Ramos, Mariangelí (Mystic River Watershed Association) ; Fina, Nicole (Everett Community Growers) ; Genty, Josée (Everett Community Growers) ; Seeder, Andrew (Conservation Law Foundation) ; Binet, Andrew (University of British Columbia) ; Williams, Patrice C. (Northeastern University) ; Cole, Helen (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Triguero-Mas, Margarita (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Traditional planning processes have perpetuated the exclusion of historically marginalized communities, imposing vulnerability to climate (health) crises. We investigate how ownership of change fosters equitable climate resilience and community well-being through participatory action research. [...]
2024 - 10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103294
Geographia Medica, Vol. 89 (September 2024) , art. 103294  
2024-05-30
08:33
14 p, 892.3 KB The multi-scalar inequities of climate adaptation finance : a critical review / Venner, Kayin (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; García-Lamarca, Melissa (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies) ; Olazabal, Marta (Ikerbasque)
Purpose of Review Following a multi-scalar analytical approach, this critical literature review explores the factors that determine adaptation finance accessibility and allocation with particular attention to how the needs of climate-vulnerable communities are considered. [...]
2024 - 10.1007/s40641-024-00195-7
Current Climate Change Reports, (May 2024)  
2024-05-30
05:00
13 p, 1.7 MB Green gentrification in European and North American cities / Anguelovski, Isabelle (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Connolly, James J. T. (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Cole, Helen (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; García-Lamarca, Melissa (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Triguero-Mas, Margarita (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Baró Porras, Francesc (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Martin, Nick (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Conesa, David (Universitat de València) ; Shokry, Galia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Pérez-del-Pulgar, Carmen (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research) ; Argüelles, Lucía (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya) ; Matheney, Austin (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Gallez, Elsa (Vrije Universiteit Brussels) ; Oscilowicz, Emilia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; López máñez, Jesúa (Universitat de València. Departament d'Economia Financera) ; Sarzo, Blanca (Universitat de València. Departament de Microbiologia i Ecologia) ; Beltrán, Miguel Angel (Fundación para la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunitat Valenciana (FISABIO)) ; Martínez-Minaya, Joaquín (Universitat Politècnica de València. Departament d'Estadísitica i Investigació Operativa aplicades i Qualitat)
Although urban greening is universally recognized as an essential part of sustainable and climate-responsive cities, a growing literature on green gentrification argues that new green infrastructure, and greenspace in particular, can contribute to gentrification, thus creating social and racial inequalities in access to the benefits of greenspace and further environmental and climate injustice. [...]
2022 - 10.1038/s41467-022-31572-1
Nature communications, Vol. 13 (July 2022) , art. 3816  
2024-04-13
08:50
10 p, 1.2 MB The intersection of justice and urban greening : Future directions and opportunities for research and practice / Derickson, Kate (University of Minnesota. Department of Geography, Environment and Society) ; Walker, Rebecca (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Department of Urban and Regional Planning) ; Hamann, Maike (University of Exeter. Centre for Geography and Environmental Science) ; Anderson, Pippin (University of Cape Town. Department of Environmental and Geographical Science) ; Adegun, Olumuyiwa Bayode (Federal University of Technology. Department of Architecture (Nigeria)) ; Castillo-Castillo, Adriana (University of Minnesota) ; Guerry, Anne (University of Washington. School of Environmental and Forest Sciences) ; Keeler, Bonnie (University of Minnesota. Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs) ; Llewellyn, Liz (University of Cape Town. Department of Environmental and Geographical Science) ; Matheney, Austin (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Mogosetsi-Gabriel, Nontsikelelo (Stellenbosch University. Centre for Sustainability Transitions) ; Mundoli, Seema (Azim Premji University) ; Pahwa Gajjar, Sumetee (PlanAdapt (South Africa)) ; Sitas, Nadia (Stellenbosch University. Centre for Sustainability Transitions) ; Xie, Linjun (University of Nottingham Ningbo. Department of Architecture and Built Environment)
The global uptake of green infrastructure in urban settings holds considerable promise for fostering both social and ecological benefits. Recognizing the imperative to ensure equitable distribution of these advantages, this paper draws on the rich traditions of justice considerations within urban studies to inform research on urban greening. [...]
2024 - 10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128279
Urban forestry & urban greening, Vol. 95 (May 2024) , art. 128279  
2024-03-20
05:42
22 p, 1.1 MB Segregating by greening : what do we mean by green gentrification? / Anguelovski, Isabelle (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Connolly, James J. T (University of British Columbia. School of Community and Regional Planning)
We clarify the relationship between greening and gentrification by examining the sociospatial dynamics that characterize and drive "green gentrification. " Through a conversation with the growing literature on green gentrification, we show that this relationship is nuanced and contingent upon contextual factors and we depict the exclusions at stake. [...]
2024 - 10.1177/08854122241227804
Journal of Planning Literature, (March 2024)