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An historically depressed and polluted urban neighborhood in New York is finally developing alternatives to create green spaces and connect communities

The South Bronx is an area of the New York City. The area saw a sharp decline in population, livable housing and quality of life in the late 1960s and the 1970s [1] contributing to its negative image.

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Type of conflict. 1st level:

Infrastructure and Built Environment

Type of conflict. 2nd level:

Establishment of reserves/national parks
Urban development conflicts

Specific commodities:

Domestic municipal waste
Industrial waste
real estates and urban spaces

Project Details and Actors

Project details

Type of population

Semi-urban

Start of the conflict:

01/01/1974

Relevant government actors:

NYEDC, Congressman Serrano

Environmental justice organizations (and other supporters) and their websites, if available:

Pratt Center, Bronx River Watershed Alliance, Sustainable South Bronx, the Point CDC, Mothers on the Move, Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice

Intensity

MEDIUM (street protests, visible mobilization)

Reaction stage

Mobilization for reparations once impacts have been felt

Groups mobilizing:

Local ejos
Local government/political parties
Neighbours/citizens/communities
Social movements
Women
Ethnically/racially discriminated groups
Recreational users

Forms of mobilization:

Development of a network/collective action
Development of alternative proposals
Official complaint letters and petitions
Public campaigns
Street protest/marches
Occupation of buildings/public spaces

Environmental Impacts

Visible: Air pollution, Loss of landscape/aesthetic degradation, Surface water pollution / Decreasing water (physico-chemical, biological) quality
Potential: Soil contamination

Other Environmental impacts

Air Quality related figures:
- Facilities in the South Bronx also handle 100% of the waste produced in the Bronx and 23% of all of the city's commercial waste.
- Every weekday, 15,000 trucks pass through the neighborhood - and produce toxic air pollution - on their way to and from the Hunts Point Market, one of the world's largest food distribution centers.

Health Impacts

Visible: Deaths, Other environmental related diseases, Other Health impacts

Other Health impacts

High rates of asthma and asthma-related deaths. High rates of obesity are also prevalent in this community.

Project Status

In operation

Conflict outcome / response:

Environmental improvements, rehabilitation/restoration of area
Strengthening of participation

Proposal and development of alternatives:

Bronx River Greenway

Do you consider this an environmental justice success? Was environmental justice served?:

Yes

Briefly explain:

The Bronx River Greenway project has been ongoing for quite some time and has the continued support of numerous organizations and Congressman Serrano. Environmental goods are finally being brought to a community suffering many environmental burdens.

Juridical relevant texts related to the conflict (laws, legislations, EIAs, etc)

References to published books, academic articles, movies or published documentaries

Contributor:

Bernadette Grafton and Paul Mohai, [email protected] and [email protected], University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment

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Lack of Green Space and the Bronx River Greenway project, USA | EJAtlas

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An historically depressed and polluted urban neighborhood in New York is finally developing alternatives to create green spaces and connect communities The South Bronx is an area of the New York City. The area saw a sharp decline in population, livable housing and quality of life in the late 1960s and the 1970s [1] contributing to its negative image.

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I chose this topic, Lack of Green Space and the Bronx River Greenway Project, because I think that lack of green space is an important topic and it seems very interesting.  I also chose this topic because my dad works in the Bronx and I want to learn his struggles when he works there.  The Bronx is also a place that I know, but not very well.  So I want to learn more about it.  I have never experienced lack of green space all my life because that wasn't really a struggle.  I sometimes take things for granted and regret it afterwards.  I feel like after I have researched and learned about this topic, I would think twice before complaining about the things I have now.

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I chose this topic, Lack of Green Space and the Bronx River Greenway Project, because I think that lack of green space is an important topic and it seems very interesting.  I also chose this topic because my dad works in the Bronx and I want to learn his struggles when he works there.  The Bronx is also a place that I know, but not very well.  So I want to learn more about it.  I have never experienced lack of green space all my life because that wasn't really a struggle.  I sometimes take things for granted and regret it afterwards.  I feel like after I have researched and learned about this topic, I would think twice before complaining about the things I have now.

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In the late 1960s and the 1970s, the South Bronx saw a sharp decline in population, livable housing and quality of life. That area struggles because of domestic municipal waste, Industrial waste and real estates and urban spaces.  

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In the late 1960s and the 1970s, the South Bronx saw a sharp decline in population, livable housing and quality of life. That area struggles because of domestic municipal waste, Industrial waste and real estates and urban spaces.  

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In the Latino or Hispanic population area, there is a lot of pollution and lack of green space. On the other hand, the non-Hispanic and Latino or white population areas, there is less likely to have pollution or even no pollution.

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In the Latino or Hispanic population area, there is a lot of pollution and lack of green space. On the other hand, the non-Hispanic and Latino or white population areas, there is less likely to have pollution or even no pollution.

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We need to create, care, and save our world.  If we don't, our land would be suffering from pollution, lack of green space etc.  The reason why an area in the Bronx was suffering from lack of green space was because people didn't care about that regain because it was as "better" as the other ones.  If we don't care about all the land, this might happen to almost the whole world.  So we need to clean the space up just like people did with the pollution area in the Bronx.  They turned it into a whole new, better place for children, adults, dogs and more to have fun at, a park!

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We need to create, care, and save our world.  If we don't, our land would be suffering from pollution, lack of green space etc.  The reason why an area in the Bronx was suffering from lack of green space was because people didn't care about that regain because it was as "better" as the other ones.  If we don't care about all the land, this might happen to almost the whole world.  So we need to clean the space up just like people did with the pollution area in the Bronx.  They turned it into a whole new, better place for children, adults, dogs and more to have fun at, a park!