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EQUITABLE GREENING
detrimental economic impacts for
vulnerable communities of green
infrastructure investments. Further,
Greening Without Gentrification:
Learning from Parks-Related
Anti-Displacement Strategies Nationwide
(GWG), published in 2019
by the University of California,
Los Angeles
Institute
of Environment
and Sustainability, highlights
strategies and case studies
of anti-displacement planning
and policies focused on communities
where park development and
improvements are taking place
(tinyurl.com/4vbhx59z).
To better understand the shift
toward addressing green gentrification
in cities, the analysis included
a categorization of strategies in
PRSMPs with those identified in
GIP and GWG. The analysis revealed
that a total of six different
anti-displacement
strategies, like
those described in the GIP and
GWG, are represented in the 14
plans. The strategies represented as
termed in GIP and GWG include
general plans and housing elements,
joint development of parks
and
open
spaces
and
housing,
inclusive programming and operations,
accountability and monitoring,
design and hostile environment,
community
and
displacement impact reports.
Besides the cities that do not express
any green displacement concerns,
the cities of San Diego, Indianapolis,
Washington, D.C., Denver
and San Francisco do not mention
any
specific
anti-displacement
strategies. The cities of San Diego,
Denver and San Francisco set
objectives that intend to pave the
course for anti-displacement strategies,
but do not describe the strategies
that will be used. Minneapolis,
San Diego, San Jose, Denver, Minneapolis,
Austin and Washington,
D.C., utilize goal alignment with
the
engagement,
guidelines to PRSMP planning,
such as David Barth's Parks and
Recreation System Planning: A New
Approach for Creating Sustainable, Resilient
Communities, Peter Harnik's
The Excellent City Park System, and
David Rouse's " Park
Infrastruccity
comprehensive plan or
other departmental plan to reduce
displacement - a strategy that is
not identified explicitly in GIP or
GWG. We better understand strategies
being employed and emerging
in PRSMPs through this comparison
with GIP and GWG.
Standards and park system master
planning approaches - The inclusion
of displacement concerns
as they relate to park and recreation
improvements in most documents
reviewed in this research align with
recent approaches, standards and
ture and Park System Planning "
(tinyurl.com/3dhepufu). The cities
of Denver, Fort Lauderdale (Florida),
Austin, San Jose, Minneapolis,
Washington, D.C., San Diego and
Detroit demonstrate collaboration
for and alignment with broader city
goals. Whether collaborating with
other departments, aligning goals
with citywide goals, or identifying
partners and necessary partnerships,
these plans treat parks and
recreation as the interconnected element
of a community that they are
and recognize and set out to deal
with other dimensions of park and
recreation planning.
Barth's " New Approach, " in
comparison with the 1883 and 1985
approaches, sets out to address
community-wide issues through park
and recreation planning. The collaboration
identified in plans shows that
Barth's new proposed approach provides
a framework for agencies and
consultants to engage with green displacement.
Similarly, Harnik's characteristics
for an excellent city parks
system include creating equitable access
and benefits that extend beyond
the boundaries of the parks.
CAPRA calls on
crossdepartmental
relationships, agency
involvement in local planning and
community involvement. CAPRA
standards 1.7, 2.2 and 3.9, to name
a few, do just this, a tool that Barth
identifies as one of the ways that
discussing
multidimensionality,
The reinvention of traditional system
master planning processes is critical for
preventing green displacement and ensuring
equitable access to quality parks.
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