Conclusion : A new tale for the green city?
Anguelovski, Isabelle ; Connolly, James J.T. ; García-Lamarca, Melissa LU
and Oscilowicz, Emilia
(2021)
p.311-321
- Abstract
Urban greening is often thought of as a tool for aligning developmental and environmental goals, but it is also a tool for magnifying the city. It exposes and expands almost invisible dimensions of our hyperlocal environment. Greening has become one of the strongest mechanisms for transforming these preferences from a figurative guide for action into the literal cities the authors inhabit. In the tension between top-down branding and bottom-up decommodification, particularly well-illustrated by the tales of Milan, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Boston and Montréal, the branding often wins and the inequities of the city swallow up the non-monetary benefits of urban greening, leaving many to wonder what the purpose of greening was in the first... (More)
Urban greening is often thought of as a tool for aligning developmental and environmental goals, but it is also a tool for magnifying the city. It exposes and expands almost invisible dimensions of our hyperlocal environment. Greening has become one of the strongest mechanisms for transforming these preferences from a figurative guide for action into the literal cities the authors inhabit. In the tension between top-down branding and bottom-up decommodification, particularly well-illustrated by the tales of Milan, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Boston and Montréal, the branding often wins and the inequities of the city swallow up the non-monetary benefits of urban greening, leaving many to wonder what the purpose of greening was in the first place. One common dynamic seen in many cities demonstrates the counter-intuitive trend wherein the motivations for and ultimate effect of urban greening initiatives become suspect, rendering them green locally unwanted land uses.
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- author
- Anguelovski, Isabelle
; Connolly, James J.T.
; García-Lamarca, Melissa
LU
and Oscilowicz, Emilia
- publishing date
- 2021-01-01
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- host publication
- The Green City and Social Injustice : 21 Tales from North America and Europe - 21 Tales from North America and Europe
- editor
- Anguelovski, Isabelle and Connolly, James J. T.
- pages
- 11 pages
- publisher
- Routledge
- external identifiers
-
- scopus:85137518798
- ISBN
- 9781003183273
- 9781032024134
- DOI
- 10.4324/9781003183273-102
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
- additional info
- Publisher Copyright: © 2022 selection and editorial matter, Isabelle Anguelovski and James J. T. Connolly.
- id
- 39c73b0a-af5a-4991-ad67-110555f83cdd
- date added to LUP
- 2024-02-06 13:57:00
- date last changed
- 2025-04-04 13:51:56
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