Pursuit of environmental justice in urban forest planning and practice

IF 2.4 Q3 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
A. Grant, A. Millward, Sara Edge
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There is a growing demand for urban forest management that prioritizes genuine community involvement, acknowledges power imbalances within society, and embraces the principles of environmental justice. To assess current initiatives and share better/best approaches, examining how environmental justice principles are applied in urban forest planning and practice is crucial. This study aims to understand the perspectives of urban foresters on the factors that either facilitate or impede the attainment of environmental justice goals.Interviews were conducted with urban foresters from non-profit organizations and municipal government in San Francisco, California, and Seattle, Washington. The interviewees were asked to identify and discuss their tree planting and maintenance strategies, public engagement protocol, and inter-organizational collaboration processes. To provide a contextual understanding of environmental injustice in the study cities, the historical racist practice of neighborhood redlining was examined alongside current tree canopy cover, locations of environmental hazards, and the spatial distribution of persons of color and those living in poverty.The findings revealed that urban forestry professionals in each city approached environmental justice in distinct yet complementary ways: San Francisco prioritized distributional justice, while Seattle focused on elements of procedural and recognitional justice. The Race and Social Justice Initiative in Seattle and Proposition E in San Francisco have been instrumental in identifying and addressing inequities in urban forest planning and practice.Creating fair and inclusive urban forestry practices that prioritize disadvantaged neighborhoods has been a difficult task for both cities. Acknowledging and addressing past policies and cultural perspectives that have led to marginalization is crucial for building trust with these communities. Moving forward, prioritizing recognitional justice in urban forest planning and management should be a top priority.
城市森林规划与实践中的环境正义追求
越来越多的人要求城市森林管理优先考虑真正的社区参与,承认社会内部的权力不平衡,并接受环境正义原则。为了评估目前的倡议和分享更好/最好的方法,研究如何将环境正义原则应用于城市森林规划和实践是至关重要的。本研究旨在了解城市林务人员对促进或阻碍实现环境正义目标的因素的看法。采访了来自加利福尼亚旧金山和华盛顿州西雅图的非营利组织和市政府的城市森林管理员。受访者被要求确定和讨论他们的植树和维护策略、公众参与协议和组织间合作过程。为了提供对研究城市环境不公正的背景理解,研究人员将历史上的种族主义做法与当前的树冠覆盖、环境危害的位置、有色人种和贫困人口的空间分布一起进行了研究。研究结果显示,每个城市的城市林业专业人员以不同但互补的方式处理环境正义:旧金山优先考虑分配正义,而西雅图则侧重于程序和认可正义的要素。西雅图的种族和社会正义倡议和旧金山的E提案在确定和解决城市森林规划和实践中的不平等方面发挥了重要作用。创建公平和包容的城市林业实践,优先考虑弱势社区,对两个城市来说都是一项艰巨的任务。承认并解决导致边缘化的过去政策和文化观点对于与这些社区建立信任至关重要。展望未来,在城市森林规划和管理中优先考虑承认正义应成为重中之重。
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