Wastelands to Wetlands
Questioning Wellbeing Futures in Urban Greening
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3977919 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D Kelly (0000-0002-0285-2739, RMIT University, corresponding author), Cecily Maller (0000-0001-8322-2124, RMIT University), Leila Mahmoudi Farahani (0000-0003-3128-1805, RMIT University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 1576-1597 |
| Publication date | 2023-10-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social & Cultural Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1464-9365 • E-ISSN: 1470-1197 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14649365.2022.2073468 |
| OpenAlex | W4280599399 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 37 |
With a myriad of associated health, ecological and social benefits, urban greening has become a prominent policy strategy to renew historically neglected sites in cities, so popular that its implementation often eludes scrutiny. Utilising resident interviews, this paper investigates the distribution of 'wellbeing' narratives and objectives in such transformations. We demonstrate how affinities with nature are utilised to hasten green happy-futures, whilst neglecting to address ongoing questions of social and environmental justice. This paper foregrounds these injustices by attending to the affective dimensions of past and present experiences of environmental damage, advocating for the prioritisation of caring-futures over happy-futures in urban greening imaginaries
Economics · Environmental ethics · Environmental justice · Futures contract · Greening · Narrative · Political science · Scrutiny · Sociology · Law · Noise Effects and Management · Urban Agriculture and Sustainability · Urban Green Space and Health
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |