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Q.9.C

Drivers of injustices Based on WP4 coding Based on own assessment
1. Uneven and excluding development of existing urban space
2. Material and livelihood inequalities
3. Unaddressed consequences of urban intensification
4. Racialized or Ethnically Exclusionary Urbanization
5. Lack of effective knowledge brokerage and stewardship opportunities
6. Unquestioned neoclassical economics and neoliberal growth/austerity
7. Exclusive Access to the Benefits of Urban Sustainability Infrastructure
8. Uneven env. health and pollution patterns
9. No or tokenistic participation in/engagement with urban governance
10. Institutional dysfunction (scale, discipline and sectoral)
11. Weak(ened) civil society

Q.12

Actor types[1] Yes Actor name and role[2]
Academic organizations
Religious organizations
Civil society organizations
Hybrid/ 3rd sector organizations
Platforms
NGOs
Social movements
Political parties
Media
Unions
Social entreprises
For profit entreprises
Local/regional government

Q.24

Name of obstacle What work was/is being done to overcome this obstacle and by what actor groups?
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Appendix 1

Drivers of injustices Sample Descriptions
1. Uneven and excluding development of existing urban space Urban regeneration/revitalization: Traditional (grey) urban regeneration/revitalization; Urban regeneration done top-down; Uneven urban regeneration/revitalization/greening neglecting historically low-income/migrant neighborhoods;
Gentrification: Lack of affordable business or creative spaces (for young people with little economic and social capital) to start a project (Birmingham); Real estate development on green space or community gardens
2. Material and livelihood inequalities Income inequality/low incomes: low incomes (lower than minimal wage) & high rental prices; … low wages as obstacles to achieving well being; Transport/mobility poverty; ...
Lack of affordable housing/real estate: Lack of affordable housing affecting access to privileged (green) neighbourhoods (Heidelberg); Lack of affordable business or creative spaces (for young people with little economic and social capital) to start a project (Birmingham); Financialisation of housing market; ...
Lack of access to healthy food: Income inequality affecting access to green space for healthy food; Racial or ethnic injustices, inequalities and segregation in relation to access to green space for food cultivation; Urban expansion increases the distance in food chains (Lisbon);
3. Unaddressed consequences of urban intensification Urban densification/expansion: Real estate development on green space or community gardens; … Urban densification and thus lack of/poor quality/insufficient (public) healthy spaces; ... Urban densification as a cause for environmental pollution and lack of space for NBS; Urban expansion unevenly increasing the need for mobility solutions; Urban densification as challenge to new sustainable buildings;
Lack of access to healthy food
4. Racialized or Ethnically Exclusionary Urbanization Racial injustices and inequalities / racism: inequalities and segregation in relation to access to green space for food cultivation; Racism against refugees excludes them from cities, reducing social cohesion and the ability for a community to combat environmental injustices; Racial/ethnic inequalities/housing segregation translating in mobility injustices; ...
Racial/ethnic segregation: ... Segregated housing leading to unequal access to healthy and green public spaces due to majority of greening occuring in city center;
Long-term/historical neglect of minority neighborhoods: Lack of access to processes of environmental assessment/invisibilisation of env health hazards (of disadvantaged groups); ... Unequal exposure to environmental health hazards in historically neglected neighborhoods; Uneven urban regeneration/revitalization/greening neglecting historically low-income/migrant neighborhoods;
5. Lack of effective knowledge brokerage and stewardship opportunities Little or no access to (environmental) education and to knowledge on innovative solutions that can address (environmental) problems): ...Sustainability-related practices being exclusive / elite environmentalism; Lack of (access to) local/self-organized initiatives for sustainability and well being;...
6. Unquestioned neoclassical economics and neoliberal growth/austerity Privatisation and commodification of public space (including parks, other urban nature etc.) and sustainable practices
Neoliberal (austerity) urbanism: Urban inequality at times of austerity (spending cuts and welfare reform); ... Lack of resources (data, time, funding, man-power); Greening and NBS are not prioritized in municipal budgeting; ...
Globalised markets/globalisation: Globalisation of food chains decreasing access to healthy food (all); Financialisation of housing market; strain of globalisation on local networks/'local rootedness' in communities;
Growth-oriented indicators of well being/ progress (narrowly defined): … Assessment of well-being and progress based on GDP ignoring social (including gender) inequalities and environmental issues;...
7. Exclusive Access to the Benefits of Urban Sustainability Infrastructure Lack of (access to) /poor quality/insufficient (public) green/blue spaces and other sustainability-oriented interventions/measures
Increased (perception of) crime/lack of safety in public/green spaces
Gender inequalities
Age-related inequalities: Ageing population being excluded from new urban (green) developments (accessibility, noise levels, safety); Lack of (access to) green/healthy spaces (especially for vulnerable groups e.g. children); Lack of participatory/inclusive spaces for young people ...
8. Uneven env. health and pollution patterns Unequal exposure to health risks/hazards
Polluted soils/post industrial sites
9. No or tokenistic participation in/engagement with urban governance No or tokenistic participation in neighbourhood development schemes and urban planning: … Top-down exclusive decision making processes … Multilingual societies fail to meaningfully include linguistic minorities … Lack of community organisation(s) as a barrier for meaningful participation processes;...
Corruption and/or mistrust in institutions: Political corruption/ organized crime (mafia); Crisis of legitimacy/increasing distance (perceived and real) between decision makers and citizens; Lack of trust towards the state and institutions; a lack of inclusive, democratic decision making procedures;
10. Institutional dysfunction (scale, discipline and sectoral) Institutional/governance malfunctions: Lack of communication between actors/levels of government; regulatory restrictions; ... Difficulty of inclusive stakeholder involvement within normative decision making procedures (Ghent); a lack of inclusive, democratic decision making procedures;
Disciplinary and professional silos: (Broadly) lack of integration of disciplines and sectors in order to deliver more sustainable outcomes in water-food-energy systems for all *; Lack of integration between citizen-based projects, academic research and policy; ... Non participatory research design;...
11. Weak(ened) civil society Low/lack of community/neighborhood organisation
Obstacles to (the longevity of) citizen-led/grassroots projects: Over-regularizing or criminalizing citizen-led projects; Lack of trust in informal/less known food production networks and individuals (Kiev); ...

Appendix 3

Policy typology Description Examples
Regulatory (administrative, command-and-control) Mandatory fulfillment of certain requirements by targeted actors Legislations, regulations, laws, directives, etc.
Economic (financial, market-based) Financial (dis)incentives to trigger change by providing (new) favourable (or unfavourable) economic conditions for targeted actors Positive incentive include subsidies, soft loans, tax allowance and procurments. Negative incentives are taxes, fees and charges.
Informative (educational) They aim at providing information or knowledge to target actors in order to increase awareness and support informed decision-making accomplish or prevent social change Information and awareness raising campaigns, informative leaflets, advertisements in different media.
Voluntary Commitment and/or actions beyond legal requirements, undertaken by private actors and/or non-governmental organisations. Voluntary actions and agreements.
  1. Actor types according to TRANSIT’s Critical Turning Point Database, http://www.transitsocialinnovation.eu/about-ctps-in-tsi-processes.
  2. If easily possible mention sources for your association of roles.