Whose Green City? Contested Urban Green Spaces and Environmental Justice in Northern Europe

Against the backdrop of an accelerating global urbanization and related ecological, climatic or social challenges to urban sustainability, this book focuses on the access to “safe, inclusive and accessible green and public space” as outlined in United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal No. 11. Lo...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Plüschke-Altof, Bianka (Editor), Sooväli-Sepping, Helen (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
Series:Sustainable Development Goals Series
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Contested Urban Green Spaces and the Question of Environmental Justice. Examples from Northern Europe
  • A nearby Park or Forest can become Mount Everest Access to Urban Green Areas by People in Wheelchair from an Environmental Justice Perspective. A Stockholm case
  • Not my Green Space? White Attitudes towards Black Presence in UK Green Spaces. An auto-ethnography
  • Environmental Justice in the Post-Socialist City. The case of Riga, Latvia
  • Private Events in a Public Park: Contested Music Festivals and Environmental Justice in Finsbury Park, London