Neighborhood as refuge : community reconstruction, place remaking, and environmental justice in the city

摘要: Environmental justice as studied in a variety of disciplines is most often associated with redressing disproportionate exposure to pollution, contamination, and toxic sites. In Neighborhood Refuge, Isabelle Anguelovski takes broader view environmental justice, examining wide-ranging comprehensive efforts at neighborhood revitalization that include parks, urban agriculture, fresh food markets, playgrounds, housing, waste management. She investigates compares three minority, low-income neighborhoods organized improve quality livability: Casc Antic, Barcelona; Dudley, the Roxbury section Boston; Cayo Hueso, Havana. Despite differing histories political contexts these communities, finds similar patterns activism. shows behind successful what she calls "bottom bottom" networking, powered by broad coalitions residents, community organizations, architects, artists, funders, leaders, times advocacy groups. also describes how, over time, projects provide psychological benefits, serving way heal marginalized environmentally traumatized neighborhood. They encourage sense rootedness attachment place, creating safe havens offer residents space for recovery. help bolster residents' ability deal negative dynamics discrimination spaces struggles including gentrification. Drawing on cases Barcelona, Boston, Havana, presents new holistic framework understanding action cities, right healthy environment its core.