@article{1386367,
      recid = {1386367},
      author = {Anguelovski, Isabelle,},
      title = {Neighborhood as refuge : community reconstruction, place  remaking, and environmental justice in the city /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xiii, 276 pages) :},
      abstract = {"Environmental justice as studied in a variety of  disciplines is most often associated with redressing  disproportionate exposure to pollution, contamination, and  toxic sites. In Neighborhood as Refuge, Isabelle  Anguelovski takes a broader view of environmental justice,  examining wide-ranging comprehensive efforts at  neighborhood environmental revitalization that include  parks, urban agriculture, fresh food markets, playgrounds,  housing, and waste management. She investigates and  compares three minority, low-income neighborhoods that  organized to improve environmental quality and livability:  Casc Antic, in Barcelona; Dudley, in the Roxbury section of  Boston; and Cayo Hueso, in Havana. Despite the differing  histories and political contexts of these three  communities, Anguelovski finds similar patterns of  activism. She shows that behind successful revitalization  efforts is what she calls "bottom to bottom" networking,  powered by broad coalitions of residents, community  organizations, architects, artists, funders, political  leaders, and at times environmental advocacy groups.  Anguelovski also describes how, overtime, environmental  projects provide psychological benefits, serving as a way  to heal a marginalized and environmentally traumatized  urban neighborhood. They encourage a sense of rootedness  and of attachment to place, creating safe havens that offer  residents a space for recovery. They also help to bolster  residents' ability to deal with the negative dynamics of  discrimination and provide spaces for broader political  struggles including gentrification. Drawing on the cases of  Barcelona, Boston, and Havana, Anguelovski presents a new  holistic framework for understanding environmental justice  action in cities, with the right to a healthy community  environment at its core."--Provided by publisher.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1386367},
}