Assessing green gentrification in historically disenfranchised neighborhoods: a longitudinal and spatial analysis of Barcelona

Urban Geography

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 458-491

  Anguelovski, Isabelle ^a   Connolly, James J T ^a   Masip, Laia ^b   Pearsall, Hamil ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barcelona; environmental equity; environmental gentrification; environmental justice; Green gentrification; revitalization projects; urban green spaces; urban planning; urban sustainability

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; GENTRIFICATION; GREENSPACE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; NEIGHBORHOOD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN PLANNING;

BARCELONA [BARCELONA (PRV)]; BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 85026203175     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2017.1349987     Document Type: Article

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