Greening cities – To be socially inclusive? About the alleged paradox of society and ecology in cities

verfasst von

Dagmar Haase, Sigrun Kabisch, Annegret Haase, Erik Andersson, Ellen Banzhaf, Francesc Baró, Miriam Brenck, Leonie K. Fischer, Niki Frantzeskaki, Nadja Kabisch, Kerstin Krellenberg, Peleg Kremer, Jakub Kronenberg, Neele Larondelle, Juliane Mathey, Stephan Pauleit, Irene Ring, Dieter Rink, Nina Schwarz, Manuel Wolff

Abstract

Greening cities, namely installing new parks, rooftop gardens or planting trees along the streets, undoubtedly contributes to an increase in wellbeing and enhances the attractiveness of open spaces in cities. At the same time, we observe an increasing use of greening strategies as ingredients of urban renewal, upgrading and urban revitalization as primarily market-driven endeavours targeting middle class and higher income groups sometimes at the expense of less privileged residents. This paper reflects on the current debate of the social effects of greening using selected examples. We discuss what trade-offs between social and ecological developments in cities mean for the future debate on greening cities and a socially balanced and inclusive way of developing our cities for various groups of urban dwellers. We conclude that current and future functions and features of greening cities have to be discussed more critically including a greater awareness of social impacts.

Externe Organisation(en)

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU Berlin)
Stockholm University
Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB)
Technische Universität Berlin
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung (UFZ)
Villanova University
Uniwersytet Łódzki
Leibniz-Institut für ökologische Raumentwicklung (IÖR) e.V.
Technische Universität München (TUM)
Technische Universität Dresden
International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation
Helmholtz Zentrum München - Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt

Typ

Artikel

Journal

Habitat international

Band

64

Seiten

41-48

Anzahl der Seiten

8

ISSN

0197-3975

Publikationsdatum

01.06.2017

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Urban studies

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 11 – Nachhaltige Städte und Gemeinschaften, SDG 13 – Klimaschutzmaßnahmen

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2017.04.005 (Zugang: Geschlossen)
https://research.utwente.nl/en/publications/0c441731-7b69-465e-89a0-9a3a7b48e510 (Zugang: Offen)