Displacement; environmental gentrification; environmental sustainability; green gentrification; social sustainability; Geography, Planning and Development; Urban Studies
Abstract :
[en] While urban greening initiatives are becoming increasing prevalent, some critical scholars have started to question the neutrality of this movement. Specifically, scholars have demonstrated that urban greening can inflate housing costs and as such give rise to processes of gentrification and displacement. This article examines processes of green gentrification in a particular neighborhood of Ghent (Belgium) that has been profoundly greened during the last two decades. Drawing on in-depth interviews with both gentrifying and longtime residents, we find that longtime residents are experiencing significant displacement pressures as a result of urban greening. However, rather than predominantly caused by soaring costs, displacement pressures seem to follow mainly from the political, social, and cultural changes encompassing greening initiatives. Consequently, we draw a more complex picture of green gentrification, one that has important implications for the way this process should be addressed.
Disciplines :
Sociology & social sciences
Author, co-author :
Goossens, Cédric ; Equité dans les systèmes et dispositifs éducatifs (RFIE) ; Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium ; Department of Sociology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Oosterlynck, Stijn ; Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium ; Department of Sociology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Bradt, Lieve ; Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium ; Department of Sociology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Language :
English
Title :
Livable streets? Green gentrification and the displacement of longtime residents in Ghent, Belgium
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