Green Gentrification, Environmental Injustice, and Displacement: What Policies May Help?
May 7, 2025 — 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Come explore the complex intersection of urban sustainability, equity, and development at Green Gentrification, Environmental Injustice, and Displacement: What Policies May Help? In this thought-provoking talk, Dr. Heather E. Campbell will delve into how well-intentioned environmental cleanups can unintentionally lead to displacement through “green gentrification,” and what policies could help mitigate these effects.
Green Gentrification, Environmental Injustice, and Displacement: What Policies May Help?
Come explore the complex intersection of urban sustainability, equity, and development at Green Gentrification, Environmental Injustice, and Displacement: What Policies May Help?
This talk will examine how environmental remediation efforts such as cleaning up polluted sites can improve local conditions in the short term, but may also lead to rising property values and displacement of long-standing residents in the long term, a process known as green gentrification.
Using complexity thinking and Agent-Based Modeling, Dr. Campbell and her coauthors explore the environmental and social impacts of remediation across various local contexts. The presentation will also outline policy insights aimed at reducing the risk of displacement and promoting more equitable urban development.
This event offers a valuable opportunity to reflect on the intersection of environmental policy, urban change, and social justice.
Speaker : Dr. Heather E. Campbell, Thornton F. Bradshaw Professor of Public Policy. Director of the Division of Politics and Economics in the School of Social Science, Policy and Evaluation at the Claremont Graduate University, part of the Claremont Consortium in the city of Claremont, California, USA. Visiting Researcher in Urban Sustainability, University of Ottawa.
Host : Pr. Eric Champagne, Full Professor in Public Administration at the School of Political Studies and Director of the Centre on Governance at the University of Ottawa.
Co-Host : Brian Ray, Vice Dean, Research and Faculty of Arts, and Associate Professor, Geography, Environment and Geomatics, University of Ottawa
Dr. Heather E. Campbell
Thornton F. Bradshaw Professor of Public Policy.
Heather E. Campbell, PhD, Thornton F. Bradshaw Professor of Public Policy, is Director of the Division of Politics and Economics in the School of Social Science, Policy and Evaluation at the Claremont Graduate University, part of the Claremont Consortium in the city of Claremont, California, USA. Her master’s and doctoral degrees are in Public Policy Analysis from Carnegie Mellon University. She has served as President and Boardmember of AZENet, the Arizona Evaluation Network; Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Public Affairs Education (JPAE); and is currently on the editorial board of the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management.
Her interests are in policy analysis broadly, with a primary focus on urban environmental policy and particularly research in minority-based environmental injustice. Her coauthored book Urban Environmental Policy Analysis (Campbell & Corley, 2012), was called a “Rosetta stone” for its ability to communicate across urban disciplines. Her coauthored research in Rethinking Environmental Justice in Sustainable Cities: Insights from Agent-Based Modeling (Campbell, Kim, & Eckerd, 2015) goes beyond documenting environmental injustice to understanding the urban conditions under which it emerges and how it might be reduced.
Their forthcoming book, Green Gentrification and Environmental Injustice: A Complexity Approach to Policy (Campbell, Eckerd, & Kim, October 2024) examines concerns with whether greening under-resourced communities may drive out the intended recipients, and policy approaches to reduce the likelihood of such outcomes. Heather is very much looking forward to collaborating across disciplinary boundaries with faculty and students in the Arts on issues of urban sustainability.