ADDRESSING GREEN AND CLIMATE GENTRIFICATION IN EAST BOSTON

Galia Shokry, Isabelle Anguelovski

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Abstract

New green assets in the coastal community of East Boston have enhanced its environmental and economic value, while creating new sources of housing vulnerability and social exclusion for historically marginalized groups. These hard-won green investments were intended to provide new community green spaces and mitigate pollution from activities of the adjacent airport. However, as the latest luxury real estate investments multiply along the recently greener, more resilient waterfront, residents are becoming increasingly more vulnerable-this time through green climate gentrification and the creation of “islands of resilience” that increasingly exclude residents of color and privilege new white residents. This chapter investigates how for those already at risk of increased flooding and flooding-related costs, the transformed coastline presents a new source of displacement due to climate gentrification and the rapid whitening of a Latinx neighborhood.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Green City and Social Injustice
Subtitle of host publication21 Tales from North America and Europe
PublisherTaylor and Francis
Pages171-183
Number of pages13
ISBN (Electronic)9781000471601
ISBN (Print)9781032024134
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2021

Keywords

  • environmental injustices
  • green climate adaptation
  • green climate gentrification
  • new parks and gardens
  • remaining contamination
  • tech, financial, and health economy
  • the inequalities at stake: environmental gentrification
  • the urban development pattern of the city and neighborhood: fast-growing city
  • the urban greening of the neighborhood/city: environmental clean-up

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