The Political Ecology of Uneven Urban Green Space

Abstract

This article investigates the role of urban political economy, private-public property relations, and race and ethnicity in the social production of Milwaukee's urban forest. By integrating urban-forest canopy-cover data from aerial photography, United States Census data, and qualitative data collected through in-depth interviews, this analysis suggests that there is an inequitable distribution of urban canopy cover within Milwaukee. Since urban trees positively affect quality of life, the spatially inequitable distribution of urban trees in relation to race and ethnicity is yet another instance of urban environmental inequality that deserves greater consideration in light of contemporary and dynamic property relations within capitalist societies.

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Nik Heynen, Harold A. Perkins, Parama Roy (2006). The Political Ecology of Uneven Urban Green Space. Urban Affairs Review. https://doi.org/10.1177/1078087406290729

@article{nik2006the,
  title  = {The Political Ecology of Uneven Urban Green Space},
  author = {Heynen, Nik and Perkins, Harold A. and Roy, Parama},
  year   = {2006},
  journal = {Urban Affairs Review},
  doi    = {10.1177/1078087406290729}
}

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