ABSTRACT
In the North American context, socially vulnerable, often racialized communities have been successfully mobilizing for more equitable greening and environmental justice. This mobilization has come as a direct response to an enduring legacy of historical and political racial injustice and a relative dearth of public housing. Yet, it is important for North American cities to strengthen their support to existing community green justice groups while also prioritizing funding for more and improved affordable and public housing. In the European context, urban residents have generally benefited from well-funded social housing programs accompanied by top-down municipal efforts to provide enhanced green spaces to European residents. Lacking, however, is support for civic groups and residents in establishing neighborhood leadership and a robust organizational structure for alternative housing and equitable green planning, particularly as affordable and public housing becomes increasingly privatized.
