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Database research record2014·Detroit, USA

Greening the urban frontier: Race, property, and resettlement in Detroit

Safransky S.

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Analyzing plans to repurpose Detroit's vacant lots as urban farms and green infrastructure, the article argues that framing this land as 'empty' and 'wasted' legitimizes the racialized dispossession of nonwhite residents, distributing the costs and benefits of 'green' redevelopment unevenly.

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