Well-Intentioned Whiteness Green Urban Development and Black Resistance in Kansas City【電子書籍】[ Chhaya Kolavalli ]

＜p＞This book documents how whiteness can take up space in U.S. cities and policies through well-intentioned progressive policy agendas that support green urbanism. Through in-depth ethnographic research in Kansas City, Chhaya Kolavalli explores how urban food projectsーcentral to the city’s approach to green urbanismーare conceived and implemented and how they are perceived by residents of “food deserts,” those intended to benefit from these projects.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Through her analysis, Kolavalli examines the narratives and histories that mostly white local food advocates are guided by and offers an alternative urban history of Kansas Cityーone that centers the contributions of Black and brown residents to urban prosperity. She also highlights how displacement of communities of color, through green development, has historically been a key urban development strategy in the city.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Well-Intentioned Whiteness＜/em＞ shows how a myopic focus on green urbanism, as a solution to myriad urban “p．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る