Publication Details |
| Reference Category | Book chapters |
| DOI / URL | link |
| Title (Primary) | Dismantling the just city: The unevenness of green experiences in Amsterdam Noord |
| Title (Secondary) | The green city and social injustice: 21 tales from North America and Europe |
| Author | Pérez del Pulgar, C. |
| Publisher | Anguelovski, I.; Connolly, J.J.T. |
| Journal | Routledge Equity, Justice and the Sustainable City |
| Year | 2022 |
| Department | UPOL |
| Page From | 35 |
| Page To | 48 |
| Language | englisch |
| Topic | T5 Future Landscapes |
| Keywords | fast recent growing; recovering post-industrial; creative industry/class; touristification; income inequality; health inequality; large-scale urban renewal; waterfront redevelopment; green space; circular city; private capture of public investment; stigmatization/dismantling of social housing system; insufficient affordable housing for middle class; (green) gentrification; exclusionary displacement; lack of right to the city for low-income and racialized residents |
| Abstract | Amsterdam Noord has transformed from an industrial, working-class district into one of the trendiest and greenest parts of the city. This chapter discusses the processes leading up to this urban transformation—including policies aimed at addressing post-industrial decline, the spatial concentration of low-income dwellings and an outdated housing stock in a shrinking city—and argues that it exemplifies a case of state-led gentrification made possible by a neoliberal restructuring of the housing system. Today, Amsterdam Noord is an attractive destination for real estate capital investment, high-income residents, leisure and tourism. At the same time, the socio-economic position of many households has deteriorated over the last decade. A housing crisis and the perils of hyper-segregation, gentrification and (exclusionary) displacement are emerging. Although a relatively great deal of social equality is maintained thanks to the residuals of a strong institutional social architecture, Amsterdam’s status as a just city is being challenged by this new strategy of urban renewal. |
| Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=25673 |
| Pérez del Pulgar, C. (2022): Dismantling the just city: The unevenness of green experiences in Amsterdam Noord In: Anguelovski, I., Connolly, J.J.T. (eds.) The green city and social injustice: 21 tales from North America and Europe Routledge Equity, Justice and the Sustainable City Routledge, London, p. 35 - 48 |
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