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Melissa García-Lamarca. Photo.

Melissa García

Associate senior lecturer

Melissa García-Lamarca. Photo.

Perceived urban ecosystem services and disservices in gentrifying neighborhoods : Contrasting views between community members and state informants

Author

  • Mary Kathryn Rodgman
  • Isabelle Anguelovski
  • Carmen Pérez-del-Pulgar
  • Galia Shokry
  • Melissa Garcia-Lamarca
  • James J.T. Connolly
  • Francesc Baró
  • Margarita Triguero-Mas

Summary, in English

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.

Publishing year

2024-02

Language

English

Publication/Series

Ecosystem Services

Volume

65

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Environmental Management
  • Landscape Architecture

Keywords

  • Environmental gentrification
  • Europe
  • Greenspaces
  • Nature-based solutions
  • North America
  • Parks

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2212-0416