Engineering gentrification: urban redevelopment, sustainability policy, and green stormwater infrastructure in Minneapolis

被引:18
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作者
Walker, Rebecca H. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Minnesota, Humphrey Sch Publ Affairs Sci Technol & Environm, St Paul, MN USA
关键词
Green gentrification; Adaptation planning; urban resilience; Green infrastructure; environmental justice; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL VULNERABILITY; RESIDENTIAL-MOBILITY; POLITICS; CHALLENGE; BENEFITS; CITIES; PARKS;
D O I
10.1080/1523908X.2021.1945917
中图分类号
F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;
摘要
Cities increasingly turn to green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) to improve water quality and mitigate flooding risk, yet like other forms of green infrastructure, early research suggests GSI may contribute to 'green gentrification,' in which greening increases housing costs, drives gentrification and displacement, and deepens inequalities. Using a spatially explicit mixed-methods approach, I interrogate the relationship between GSI and gentrification in Minneapolis, MN, a city characterized by deep racial inequalities potentially exacerbated by green gentrification. From 2000-2015, census tracts that gentrified received, on average, more GSI projects, more funding per project, and more funding overall. Gentrified tracts received five times more GSI funding than low-income tracts that did not gentrify. Buffer analysis reveals that, adjacent to GSI, rent prices and the college-educated share of the population increased at rates significantly higher than the city average. Quantitative and qualitative analysis of institutions providing and receiving GSI funding indicates that inter-governmental collaborations between watershed governing bodies and city government direct GSI funding to gentrifying areas, where GSI aid in and legitimize the aesthetic transformation of gentrifying neighborhoods. When enmeshed in neighborhood recapitalization via green gentrification, GSI may ultimately deepen environmental inequalities, highlighting the need for planning and policies that proactively mitigate gentrification risks.
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页码:646 / 664
页数:19
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