Environmental justice in the context of urban green space availability, accessibility, and attractiveness in postsocialist cities

《Environmental justice in the context of urban green space availability, accessibility, and attractiveness in postsocialist cities》

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作者: Jakub Kronenberg;Annegret Haase;Edyta Łaszkiewicz;Attila Antal;Aliaksandra Baravikova;Magdalena Biernacka;Diana Dushkova;Richard Filčak;Dagmar Haase;Maria Ignatieva;Yaryna Khmara;Mihai Razvan Niţă;Diana Andreea Onose

来源: CITIES,Vol.106,Issue1,Article 102862

语言: 英文

关键字: Central and Eastern Europe;Green and blue infrastructure;Transition economies;Environmental planning;Environmental governance;Neoliberalism

作者单位: University of Lodz, Faculty of Economics and Sociology, Social-Ecological Systems Analysis Lab, P.O.W. 3/5, 90-255 Lodz, Poland;Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany;Eötvös Loránd University Faculty of Law Institute of Political Science, Egyetem sq. 1-3, 1053 Budapest, Hungary;Gran Sasso Science Institute – Department of Urban Studies and Regional Science, viale Francesco Crispi 7, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy;Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Institute of Geography, Rudower Chaussee 16, 12489 Berlin, Germany;Center of Social and Psychological Sciences (CSPS), Slovak Academy of Sciences, Sancova 56, 811 05 Bratislava, Slovak Republic;Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department of Computational Landscape Ecology, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany;The University of Western Australia (M433), 35 Stirling Highway, 6009 Perth, Australia;Centre for Environmental Research and Impact Studies, University of Bucharest, Bd. N. Balcescu, No. 1, Sector 1, 010041 Bucharest, Romania;Institute of Political History Social Theory Research Group, Alkotmány str. 2, 1054 Budapest, Hungary;M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Environmental Management, Faculty of Geography, Leninskie Gory 1, Moscow 119991, Russia;University of Lodz, Faculty of Economics and Sociology, Social-Ecological Systems Analysis Lab, P.O.W. 3/5, 90-255 Lodz, Poland;Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany;Eötvös Loránd University Faculty of Law Institute of Political Science, Egyetem sq. 1-3, 1053 Budapest, Hungary;Gran Sasso Science Institute – Department of Urban Studies and Regional Science, viale Francesco Crispi 7, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy;Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Institute of Geography, Rudower Chaussee 16, 12489 Berlin, Germany;Center of Social and Psychological Sciences (CSPS), Slovak Academy of Sciences, Sancova 56, 811 05 Bratislava, Slovak Republic;Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department of Computational Landscape Ecology, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany;The University of Western Australia (M433), 35 Stirling Highway, 6009 Perth, Australia;Centre for Environmental Research and Impact Studies, University of Bucharest, Bd. N. Balcescu, No. 1, Sector 1, 010041 Bucharest, Romania;Institute of Political History Social Theory Research Group, Alkotmány str. 2, 1054 Budapest, Hungary;M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Environmental Management, Faculty of Geography, Leninskie Gory 1, Moscow 119991, Russia

摘要: This article aims to position postsocialist cities in Central and Eastern Europe in the broader debate on urban environmental justice. The article crosscuts through all three dimensions of justice (distributive/distributional, procedural/participatory, and interactional/recognition) in the context of urban green and blue space provision. Environmental justice is still an emerging topic in postsocialist cities, constrained by market-orientation and neoliberal trends within society, privatization, and the primacy of private interests. The respective situation in postsocialist cities provides insights into the international debate on environmental justice, by highlighting some extremes related to neoliberal and populist governments and very rapid processes that lack long-term democratic consensus within societies. The findings of this study are discussed in the context of a postsocialist legacy, which includes broad tolerance for inequalities, a lack of solidarity in society, a lack of responsibility for the public interest, and extreme individualization and disregard for social interests. This has gradually led to the corporatization of local authorities and various business–government coalitions. This setting is more likely to favor business models related to the use and management of urban green and blue spaces than the environmental justice discourse.