Grassroots mobilization for a just, green urban future : building community infrastructure against green gentrification and displacement
Oscilowicz, Emilia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Anguelovski, Isabelle (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
García-Lamarca, Melissa (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Cole, Helen (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Shokry, Galia (Kean University)
Perez-Del-Pulgar, Carmen (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research)
Argüelles, Lucía (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya)
Connolly, James J. T (University of British Columbia)

Data:	2025
Resum:	Municipal climate resiliency and re-naturing plans are promoting greening and green (re)development, such as the inclusion of new parks, greenways, or rehabilitated shorelines, frequently as a-political, win-win solutions for all residents. Greenwashing and (re)development of green amenities in vulnerable neighborhoods-those often most in need of support toward resilience and adaptation-expose residents to the impacts of green gentrification, such as the pricing-out and physical displacement from housing, socio-cultural displacement from public space, and associated personal and community traumas. This paper explores an under-researched avenue in the green gentrification literature: How do grassroots community activists organize to address housing and greening simultaneously and how do they operate to achieve justice in greening neighborhoods? We examined the strategies and tools used by community groups in 10 cities in the United States facing green gentrification. We find that justice-driven strategies and tools are supported by the formation of multi-sectoral coalitions which strengthen what we define as "community infrastructures"-social, economic, and political capacities-against exclusive green-washing. We argue that each of the three capacities must be built amongst residents in order to fortify the material and immaterial components of community infrastructure.
Ajuts:	European Commission 678034 Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación CEX2019-000940-M Agencia Estatal de Investigación IJC2020-045101-I Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad IJC-2018-035322-I Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad FJCI-2016-30586
Nota:	Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu CEX2019-000940-M
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Community activism ; Green gentrification ; Greenspace ; Housing justice ; Environmental justice
Publicat a:	Journal of urban affairs, Vol. 47, no. 2 (2025) , p. 347-380, ISSN 1467-9906

DOI: 10.1080/07352166.2023.2180381
PMID: 39906343

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