A city for all? Public policy and resistance to gentrification in the southern neighborhoods of Buenos Aires

Elucidating the changing roles of civil society in urban sustainability transitions

“…One risk is that civil society initiatives can be used or co-opted by neoliberal agendas to support neoliberal narratives about decentralization and the need for "small" government [83,103]. What appears as support and acclaim of the potential of civil society organizations in sustainability transitions is sometimes a tool to legitimize and make excuses for the retreat of the state from the provision of basic services such as elderly care and education [52].…”

“…In this regard, the state further neglects structural injustice and masks ineffective governance by empowering civil society at the outset, and by reassigning responsibility from government onto local actors [3]. How civil society organizations can determine the best strategies to resist such capture [103], while at the same time assuring they have the resources to operate, remains a question for future research to grapple.…”

Biocultural diversity (BCD) in European cities – Interactions between motivations, experiences and environment in public parks

“…Designing attractive parks with diverse structural elementsespecially with high biodiversityin neighbourhoods with low socio-economic status would support local people to use them for multiple reasons, thus enhancing social cohesion and the well-being of different social groups (Cattell et al, 2008;Capaldi et al, 2014;Kuo, 2015). Analysing the relationship between materialised and lived BCDand taking the local context into accountwill help us to design, plan and manage for more just and inclusive UGS and support social justice and diverse interactions between culture(s) and nature in public parks (Madureira and Andresen, 2013;Rodriguez et al, 2016).…”

A New Conceptual Framework for Understanding Displacement: Bridging the Gaps in Displacement Literature between the Global South and the Global North

“…Common channels include turning to the court, submitting petitions, and conducting meetings with various municipal workers (Islam and Sakizlioglu 2015; Bhan 2009; Jabareen and Switat 2019; Zaman 1996; Newman and Wyly 2006; Chatterjee 2014; Roy 2017). The formation of residents’ associations and alternative housing organizations that fight rent escalation are also considered a form of resistance (Eizenberg 2019; Rodriguez and Di Virgilio 2016; Annunziata and Lees 2016), as are demonstrations (Goodman 1971; Newman and Wyly 2006; Smith 2002; Slater 2006; Förste and Bernt 2018; Naeglar 2012; Bob and Majola 2011; Maiello and Pasquinelli 2015; Bhan 2009; Müller 2015; Silvestre and de Oliveira 2012; Goldman 2011; Roy 2017). In most cases, resistance will be practiced through more than one channel.…”