Understanding climate gentrification and shifting landscapes of protection and vulnerability in green resilient Philadelphia
Shokry, Galia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Connolly, James J. T. (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Anguelovski, Isabelle (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)

Date:	2020
Abstract:	As resilience strategies become a prominent orthodoxy in city planning, green infrastructure is increasingly deployed to enhance protection from climate risks and impacts. Yet, little is known about the social and racial impacts of such interventions citywide. In response, our study uses a quantitative and spatial analytical approach to assess whether interventions we call "green resilient infrastructure" (GRI) protect social groups traditionally most at risk and/or least able to adapt to climate impacts - or conversely, if the aggregate effect is maladaptive and inequitable outcomes (i. e. shifting vulnerability or climate gentrification). First, we performed a pre-post test of GRI siting distribution relative to socio-ecological vulnerability in Philadelphia neighborhoods. Second, we examined gentrification trends in relation to GRI siting and whether these interventions contribute to increasing the socio-ecological vulnerability of historically marginalized populations. Our findings point to a strong negative association between GRI siting and increased minority population, and a strong positive association between GRI siting, gentrification, and reduced minority population. The paper contributes to a better understanding of siting inequities and urban climate injustice dynamics and offers a new conceptual frame for critical urban adaptation research and practice of the pathways that shape uneven and unjust outcomes.
Grants:	European Commission 678034 European Commission 730243 Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad MDM-2015-0552 Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad IJCI-2016-31100
Note:	Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu CEX2019-000940-M
Note:	Digital object identifier for the 'European Research Council' (http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000781) ; Digital object identifier for 'Horizon 2020' (http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100007601)
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Subject:	Adaptation planning ; Urban resilience ; Green infrastructure ; Vulnerability ; Climate gentrification ; Climate justice
Published in:	Urban climate, Vol. 31 (March 2020) , art. 100539, ISSN 2212-0955

DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2019.100539

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