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Neighborhood as refuge : community reconstruction, place remaking, and environmental justice in the city / Isabelle Anguelovski.
Author
Anguelovski, Isabelle
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2014]
©2014
Description
xiii, 276 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
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HN49.C6 A555 2014
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Subject(s)
Community development, Urban
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Environmental aspects
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Environmental justice
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Urban ecology (Sociology)
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Human ecology
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Series
Urban and industrial environments
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Summary note
Environmental justice as studied in a variety of disciplines is most often associated with redressing disproportionate exposure to pollution, contamination, and toxic sites. In Neighborhood as Refuge, Isabelle Anguelovski takes a broader view of environmental justice, examining wide-ranging comprehensive efforts at neighborhood environmental revitalization that include parks, urban agriculture, fresh food markets, playgrounds, housing, and waste management. She investigates and compares three minority, low-income neighborhoods that organized to improve environmental quality and livability: Casc Antic, in Barcelona; Dudley, in the Roxbury section of Boston; and Cayo Hueso, in Havana. Despite the differing histories and political contexts of these three communities, Anguelovski finds similar patterns of activism. She shows that behind successful revitalization efforts is what she calls "bottom to bottom" networking, powered by broad coalitions of residents, community organizations, architects, artists, funders, political leaders, and at times environmental advocacy groups. Anguelovski also describes how, overtime, environmental projects provide psychological benefits, serving as a way to heal a marginalized and environmentally traumatized urban neighborhood. They encourage a sense of rootedness and of attachment to place, creating safe havens that offer residents a space for recovery. They also help to bolster residents' ability to deal with the negative dynamics of discrimination and provide spaces for broader political struggles including gentrification. Drawing on the cases of Barcelona, Boston, and Havana, Anguelovski presents a new holistic framework for understanding environmental justice action in cities, with the right to a healthy community environment at its core.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-264) and index.
Contents
Introduction
Environmental justice, urban development, and place identity
Stories of neighborhood abandonment, degradation, and transformation
Holistic community reconstruction and tactical choices
Place remaking through environmental recovery and revitalization
Advancing broader political agendas : spatial justice, land and border control, and deepening democracy
Conclusion : toward a new framework for place-based urban environmental justice and community health.
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ISBN
9780262026925 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
0262026929 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
9780262525695 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
0262525690 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2013028483
OCLC
856076011
Other standard number
40023466556
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