Neighborhood as refuge : community reconstruction, place remaking, and environmental justice in the city / Isabelle Anguelovski.

Author
Anguelovski, Isabelle [Browse]
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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    Series
    Urban and industrial environments [More in this series]
    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.
    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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