Examining the role of green infrastructure as an advocate for regeneration

I Mell - Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The alignment of Green Infrastructure (GI) planning principles with urban regeneration
mandates can have a significant impact on the long-term socio-economic and ecological …

Sustainable for whom? Green urban development, environmental gentrification, and the Atlanta Beltline

D Immergluck, T Balan - Urban geography, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Large-scale, sustainable urban development projects can transform surrounding
neighborhoods. Without precautionary policies, environmental amenities produced by these …

Political ecologies of gentrification

N Quastel - Urban Geography, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
This article explores the possibilities for a political ecology of gentrification. Gentrification
research, while firmly rooted in materialist social science, has not yet broadened its interests …

The metabolism of socioecological fixes: Capital switching, spatial fixes, and the production of nature

M Ekers, S Prudham - Annals of the American Association of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
In this article, and the companion piece that follows, we develop an account of the
socioecological fix. Our concern is to explore the ways in which crises of capitalist …

The local politics of policy mobility: Learning, persuasion, and the production of a municipal sustainability fix

C Temenos, E McCann - Environment and Planning A, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
The authors draw on the concept of a 'sustainability fix'—a political discourse which allows
development to proceed by accommodating both profit-making and environmental concerns …

Urban agriculture and the sustainability fix in Vancouver and Detroit

S Walker - Urban Geography, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Both Vancouver, British Columbia, and Detroit, Michigan, have significant and growing
urban agriculture movements. In this article, I follow recent work investigating the connection …

Sustainable development for some: green urban development and affordability

A Dale, LL Newman - Local environment, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Many brownfield development projects and many redevelopment projects aimed at
improving older urban spaces list sustainable development as a stated goal. It is a key …

Sustainability-as-density and the return of the social: The case of Vancouver, British Columbia

N Quastel, M Moos, N Lynch - Urban Geography, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Urban planning policy in North America is increasingly dominated by the ideal of"
sustainability-as-density"—the promotion of walkable neighborhoods containing high …

Towards the socio-ecological fix

M Ekers, S Prudham - Environment and Planning A, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
By now it is well established, even in the mainstream press, that the history and geography
of capitalism is riven with periodic downturns, some serious enough to warrant the term …

Vancouver's “EcoDensity” planning initiative: A struggle over hegemony?

M Rosol - Urban Studies, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
The proclaimed aim of EcoDensity, an initiative of the former mayor of Vancouver, Canada,
was the achievement of a more sustainable city development through densification of …