Greening cities – To be socially inclusive? About the alleged paradox of society and ecology in cities

Habitat International

Volumn 64, Issue , 2017, Pages 41-48

  Haase, Dagmar ^a,b   Kabisch, Sigrun ^b   Haase, Annegret ^b   Andersson, Erik ^c   Banzhaf, Ellen ^b   Baró, Francesc ^d   Brenck, Miriam ^e   Fischer, Leonie K ^e   Frantzeskaki, Niki ^f   Kabisch, Nadja ^a,b   Krellenberg, Kerstin ^b   Kremer, Peleg ^g   Kronenberg, Jakub ^h   Larondelle, Neele ^a   Mathey, Juliane ⁱ   Pauleit, Stephan ^j   Ring, Irene ^k   Rink, Dieter ^b   Schwarz, Nina ^l   Wolff, Manuel ^a,b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^e TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^f ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^g VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

ⁱ LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGICAL URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^j TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^k DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Cities; Green and eco gentrification; Green infrastructure; Nature based solutions; Social inclusiveness; Urban renewal

Indexed keywords

GENTRIFICATION; INFRASTRUCTURE; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIAL INCLUSION; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN RENEWAL;

EID: 85017605041     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2017.04.005     Document Type: Article

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