21024 - Table 2: Urban Space, Development, and Gentrification

• In Event: 21024 - Environmental Sociology Section Roundtables

Description

This session examines how environmental interventions reshape urban spaces, often producing new forms of inequality. The papers analyze green development, governance strategies, and community dynamics within cities undergoing environmental transformation. Together, they reveal how sustainability initiatives can both challenge and reproduce urban inequities.

Sub Unit

• Environmental Sociology Section / Environmental Sociology Section Roundtables

Individual Presentations

• Commercializing Environmentalism: Selection Bias and Gentrification By Sustainable Urban Development in US Neighborhoods - Mahir Takak, University of Connecticut

Session Organizer

• Kerry Ard, Ohio State University