The intersection of justice and urban greening: Future directions and opportunities for research and practice

Derickson, Kate and Walker, Rebecca and Hamann, Maike and Anderson, Pippin and Adegun, Olumuyiwa Bayode and Castillo-Castillo, Adriana and Guerry, Anne and Keeler, Bonnie and Llewellyn, Liz and Matheney, Austin and Mogosetsi-Gabriel, Nontsikelelo and Mundoli, Seema and Gajjar, Sumetee Pahwa and Sitas, Nadia and Xie, Linjun (2024) The intersection of justice and urban greening: Future directions and opportunities for research and practice. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 95. pp. 1-10. ISSN 1610-8167

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The global uptake of green infrastructure in urban settings holds considerable promise for fostering both socialand ecological benefits. Recognizing the imperative to ensure equitable distribution of these advantages, thispaper draws on the rich traditions of justice considerations within urban studies to inform research on urbangreening. Focusing on three key trends - reconceptualizing the ’urban’ category, acknowledging the role ofhistorical processes in shaping contemporary uneven and unjust geographies, and considering power dynamics ininfrastructure development - we propose five tenets for advancing justice-focused urban greening research. Thesetenets encourage researchers to act as knowledge brokers, practice reflexivity, recognise the complex dimensionsof justice which diversity of scale might reveal, embrace uncertainty, and cultivate a “modest imaginary” concerninginfrastructure projects.

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