Emerging urban injustices for sustainable green cities

Yildirim, Seyda 2025. Emerging urban injustices for sustainable green cities. Item availability restricted.

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It is widely known that urban areas require more just urban planning methods to tackle environmental challenges. Implementing environmental justice plays a critical role in this process. Traditional top-down approaches for green space planninig often lead to the reproduction of environmental injustices, such as exclusion and green gentrification. These projects could further disadvantage vulnerable communities in cities by neglecting their needs. The equitable distribution of green spaces, as an environmental resource, and access to these, emerges as a significant issue in urban planning. Therefore, this research try to identify most unjust neighborhoods by conducting a case study through the lens of the three dimensions of environmental justice (distributional, recognition, and procedural) to determine where urban green spaces should be prioritized. Accordingly, participation map is combined with environmental data (urban heat islands, air pollution, noise pollution, flood risk, and lack of green spaces) and socioeconomic data (deprivation map). Following a quantitative research methodology, all maps were overlaid using Geographic Information System (GIS) tool. As a result, the research provides significant insights to urban planners regarding the identification of unjust neighborhoods and, as a result, the equitable distribution and planning of green spaces in these areas. This study makes significant contributions to environmental justice in urban planning. It provides the necessary data to better understand and empower vulnerable communities. It is anticipated that this study will provide valuable insights to policymakers and urban planners, thereby contributing to the development of more sustainable and liveable cities.

Item Type:	Other
Schools:	Schools > Architecture
Last Modified:	11 Jul 2025 13:37
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/179517

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