Privately owned parks in New Urbanist communities

A study of environmental privilege, equity, and inclusion

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12065005
AutoresAlessandro Rigolon (0000-0001-5197-6394, California State University, Northridge, autor de correspondencia), Jeremy Németh (University of Colorado Denver)
Año2017
Volumen40
Número4
Páginas543-559
Fecha de publicación2017-11-10
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Urban Affairs (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0735-2166 • E-ISSN: 1467-9906
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07352166.2017.1360739
OpenAlexW2767341794
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas20
Referencias citadas35

Privately owned parks and public spaces (POPS) are increasingly common in New Urbanist (NU) communities. POPS raise concerns related to environmental privilege, equity, and inclusion; however, no investigation has fully analyzed whether POPS in NU communities cause these same concerns. This is particularly problematic because of NU’s recognition as a sustainable planning paradigm and because NU proponents seek to establish mixed-income and ethnically diverse communities. Thus, this study examines how these 3 concerns about POPS play out in NU developments. In addition, it analyzes how municipal policies and real estate processes contribute to establishing POPS in NU communities. We find that concerns about environmental privilege, equity, and inclusion are well founded, and that reliance on POPS provides significant advantages for developers, residents, and municipalities alike, mostly because of cost savings and notions of exclusivity

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