Perceived urban ecosystem services and disservices in gentrifying neighborhoods : Contrasting views between community members and state informants
Kathryn Rodgman, Mary ; Anguelovski, Isabelle ; Pérez-del-Pulgar, Carmen ; Shokry, Galia ; Garcia-Lamarca, Melissa LU
; Connolly, James J.T.
; Baró, Francesc
and Triguero-Mas, Margarita
(2024)
In Ecosystem Services
65.
- Abstract
As assessing urban ecosystem services and disservices is of rapidly growing interest in a context of increasingly urbanized environments, greater scholarly attention needs to be placed on how different informants perceive these services and disservices. Previous research in urban geography and planning has already pointed at the challenges of building inclusive natural outdoor environments such as green and blue spaces in gentrifying neighborhoods, particularly those undergoing green gentrification. In response, we analyze the ecosystem services and disservices identified by community and state respondents in seven cities with gentrifying neighborhoods, pronounced social inequalities, and where natural outdoor environments were created... (More)
As assessing urban ecosystem services and disservices is of rapidly growing interest in a context of increasingly urbanized environments, greater scholarly attention needs to be placed on how different informants perceive these services and disservices. Previous research in urban geography and planning has already pointed at the challenges of building inclusive natural outdoor environments such as green and blue spaces in gentrifying neighborhoods, particularly those undergoing green gentrification. In response, we analyze the ecosystem services and disservices identified by community and state respondents in seven cities with gentrifying neighborhoods, pronounced social inequalities, and where natural outdoor environments were created or improved: Amsterdam, Bristol, Cleveland, Lyon, Montreal, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. We found that in cities experiencing green gentrification, interviewees – particularly community informants – reported a wide array of ecosystem services and disservices, and identified some disservices previously under-studied (i.e. physical tiredness, low attractiveness and forced displacement). Our study illustrates how differences in decision making positions can impact perceptions of ecosystem services and disservices. Our study has implications for urban environmental planning decisions that will help maximize the ecosystem services provided by urban natural outdoor environments. Only if all perceived ecosystem services and disservices are considered, will it be possible to design green just cities.
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- author
- Kathryn Rodgman, Mary
; Anguelovski, Isabelle
; Pérez-del-Pulgar, Carmen
; Shokry, Galia
; Garcia-Lamarca, Melissa
LU
; Connolly, James J.T.
; Baró, Francesc
and Triguero-Mas, Margarita
- publishing date
- 2024-02
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Environmental gentrification, Europe, Greenspaces, Nature-based solutions, North America, Parks
- in
- Ecosystem Services
- volume
- 65
- article number
- 101571
- publisher
- Elsevier
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85179486201
- ISSN
- 2212-0416
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ecoser.2023.101571
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
- additional info
- Funding Information: The authors wish to thank all the study participants. We thank Austin Matheney for their help on data coding. We also thank Hanne Carla Bisjak for her support in developing the figure of this paper. The research presented in this paper received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program [grant agreement No. 678034] and the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation [Maria de Maeztu, CEX2019-000940-M). MGL is funded by Juan de la Cierva fellowships [FJCI-2016-30586] awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. MTM is funded by a Ramon y Cajal fellowship [RYC2021-034215-I] awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. Funding Information: The authors wish to thank all the study participants. We thank Austin Matheney for their help on data coding. We also thank Hanne Carla Bisjak for her support in developing the figure of this paper. The research presented in this paper received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program [grant agreement No. 678034] and the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation [Maria de Maeztu, CEX2019-000940-M). MGL is funded by Juan de la Cierva fellowships [FJCI-2016-30586] awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. MTM is funded by a Ramon y Cajal fellowship [RYC2021-034215-I] awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Authors
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