TY - JOUR
T1 - Wastelands, greenways and gentrification
T2 - Introducing a comparative framework with a focus on Detroit, USA
AU - Draus, Paul
AU - Haase, Dagmar
AU - Napieralski, Jacob
AU - Sparks, Alec
AU - Qureshi, Salman
AU - Roddy, Juliette
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments: Thanks to Mr. Bilal Qureshi for handling the formatting of manuscript and figures. We acknowledge support by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Open Access Publication Fund of Humboldt‐Universität zu Berlin.
Funding Information:
This research was made possible by funding from the University of Michigan and Humboldt University of Berlin's Collaboration on Applications of Cooperative Research in the Social Sciences. Thanks to Mr. Bilal Qureshi for handling the formatting of manuscript and figures. We acknowledge support by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Open Access Publication Fund of Humboldt-Universit?t zu Berlin.
Funding Information:
Funding: This research was made possible by funding from the University of Michigan and Humboldt University of Berlin’s Collaboration on Applications of Cooperative Research in the Social Sciences.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 by the authors.
PY - 2020/8
Y1 - 2020/8
N2 - Vacant, abandoned or unproductive land parcels, sometimes called "wastelands", offer opportunities to create new green spaces in cities. Such spaces may be utilized to add to the stock of urban nature, expand recreational green space, promote real estate or commercial development, or simply remain undefined. These various trajectories have significant implications for population health, ecosystem services and real estate values. However, they may also contribute to inequitable outcomes. Are disadvantaged communities, which may be paradoxically rich in wastelands, more advantaged when green space redevelopment occurs, or are they more at risk of green gentrification and associated displacement? To address this question, we first review some of the literature relative to wastelands, especially as they relate to processes of urban change such as depopulation, land use planning, regrowth and gentrification. We utilize historical redlining maps, the Detroit Master Plan and projected land use scenarios from the Detroit Future City (DFC) Strategic Framework Plan to identify areas of vulnerability or possibility within walking distance of the proposed Joe Louis Greenway (JLG). Finally, we consider how wastelands situated along the JLG may be reframed as flexible opportunity spaces, their potential leveraged to advance environmental justice, economic opportunity, and social equity, especially as the City of Detroit takes socioeconomic and racial equity as a key orienting principle-an alternative to green gentrification that we call green reparations.
AB - Vacant, abandoned or unproductive land parcels, sometimes called "wastelands", offer opportunities to create new green spaces in cities. Such spaces may be utilized to add to the stock of urban nature, expand recreational green space, promote real estate or commercial development, or simply remain undefined. These various trajectories have significant implications for population health, ecosystem services and real estate values. However, they may also contribute to inequitable outcomes. Are disadvantaged communities, which may be paradoxically rich in wastelands, more advantaged when green space redevelopment occurs, or are they more at risk of green gentrification and associated displacement? To address this question, we first review some of the literature relative to wastelands, especially as they relate to processes of urban change such as depopulation, land use planning, regrowth and gentrification. We utilize historical redlining maps, the Detroit Master Plan and projected land use scenarios from the Detroit Future City (DFC) Strategic Framework Plan to identify areas of vulnerability or possibility within walking distance of the proposed Joe Louis Greenway (JLG). Finally, we consider how wastelands situated along the JLG may be reframed as flexible opportunity spaces, their potential leveraged to advance environmental justice, economic opportunity, and social equity, especially as the City of Detroit takes socioeconomic and racial equity as a key orienting principle-an alternative to green gentrification that we call green reparations.
KW - Cultural landscapes
KW - Urban ecology
KW - Urban greenspaces
KW - Urban regeneration
KW - Urban sustainability
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U2 - 10.3390/su12156189
DO - 10.3390/su12156189
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85089371662
SN - 2071-1050
VL - 12
JO - Sustainability
JF - Sustainability
IS - 15
M1 - 6189
ER -