Green gentrification: urban sustainability and the struggle for environmental justice

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 726-727
Author(s):  
Chandrima Mukhopadhyay
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Justice ◽  
Urban Sustainability

Urban Sustainability and the “Greening” of Neoliberal Chicago

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Lorr
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Justice ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Urban Sustainability ◽  
City Government ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Non Profit Organizations ◽  
Business As Usual ◽  
The City

Chapter abstract: This chapter addresses how the city government, related offices, non-profit organizations, and activists have attempted to shift Chicago’s urban development towards environmental sustainability. The chapter first, discusses what Chicago has accomplished, second, defines sustainability, third, outlines Chicago’s deficiencies in achieving its sustainability goals, and finally, presents alternative visions of sustainability rooted in resistance and activism. This chapter asks to what extent sustainable development in Chicago is influenced by its business-as-usual neoliberal context and to what extent it is influenced by alternative activist ideas of environmental justice.

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