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Cleaning Up Without Clearing Out? A Spatial Assessment of Environmental Gentrification

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ID6404313
AuthorsAdam Eckerd (0000-0003-0670-1804, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA,, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume47
Issue1
Pages31-59
Publication date2011-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueUrban Affairs Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1078-0874 • E-ISSN: 1552-8332
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1078087410379720
OpenAlexW2152278376
LanguageEN
Citations received38
References cited44

The environmental gentrification hypothesis predicts that environmental quality improvements in poor communities may spur gentrification and the displacement of residents. The author analyzes the relationship between hazardous site cleanups and gentrification in Portland, Oregon, during the 1990s. Using resident-defined neighborhoods as the unit of analysis, the author finds that there is no relationship between the extent of gentrification a neighborhood experiences and the perceived or actual environmental improvement that precedes it. Based on this evidence, the author suggests that similar types of cities may be able to improve environmental conditions relatively equitably without exacerbating concerns related to gentrification and social justice

Clearing · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economic Justice · Economics · Environmental justice · Environmental planning · Gentrification · Geography · Political science · Sociology · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities · Law · Urban Planning and Governance · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

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Unique citing works38
Citations per year2,71
Citation span2012 - 2025 (14)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 37

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