Environmental Planning, Urban Development, and the Making of Environmental Injustice in Minneapolis
Walker, Rebecca
2023-05
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Environmental Planning, Urban Development, and the Making of Environmental Injustice in Minneapolis
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This dissertation examines the intersection of urban environmental planning, real estate,and inequality in three case studies in Minneapolis, MN. The first chapter, focused on the period
in which racial segregation began to characterize the urban landscape, considers the intersection
of racial covenants and park development in Minneapolis in the 1910s. The second chapter
connects the historical insights from Chapter 1 to contemporary environmental outcomes through
an analysis of patterns of urban heat and tree canopy cover relative to the historic geographies of
racial covenants and the HOLC redlining maps in Minneapolis, MN. The final chapter considers
contemporary green gentrification and the re-entrenchment of patterns of environmental
injustice. Together these chapters aim to understand how environmental inequalities were built
into the fabric of Minneapolis, addressing key themes related to 1) the role of nature in the
construction of racialized space, 2) the legacy effects of racial discrimination and implications
for planners, and 3) the role of planners in producing and maintaining environmental injustices.
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University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation.May 2023. Major: Public Affairs. Advisors: Bonnie Keeler, Edward Goetz. 1 computer file (PDF); vi, 172 pages.
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Walker, Rebecca. (2023). Environmental Planning, Urban Development, and the Making of Environmental Injustice in Minneapolis. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/257031.
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