AmorimMaia_et_al_2020

Amorim Maia AT, Calcagni F, Connolly JJT, et al (2020) Hidden drivers of social injustice: uncovering unequal cultural ecosystem services behind green gentrification. Environmental Science & Policy 112:254–263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2020.05.021

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Keywords: environmental justice, TNOC, green infrastructure, gentrification

The unequal intangible benefits obtainable from urban green spaces can be potential core drivers of social injustice in cities. Gentrification is when neighbourhoods built, retail, and social environments combined with changes in demographic composition that increases socioeconomic residents and displaces vulnerable populations. The greater the amount, size and quality of urban green amenities, the more displacement occurs. Gentrified green spaces had high levels of aesthetic and recreation services, parks that were not gentrified had cultural identity and socialization services. non-gentrified parks have smaller total surface of green area.