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Liam Wilkinson

Green gentrification in European and North American cities

A 2022 study of 28 cities in nine countries testing whether new greenspace was followed by gentrification.

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Journal article · 2022Sources & confidence: High confidence

Checked 8 October 2026 · AI-assisted review

Bibliographic identity and what the study measured.

  • Crossref: 10.1038/s41467-022-31572-1

    Title, eighteen authors, Nature Communications 13, article 3816, issued 2 July 2022, CC BY 4.0.

  • Europe PMC full text: PMC9250502

    Abstract and full text; a positive relationship between 1990s to 2000s greening and 2000 to 2016 gentrification in 17 of 28 cities; the gentrification score combines demographic change and change in rent.

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    Open-access copy of the same paper, the link the essay uses; confirmed through the repository API.

What this check doesn’t establish

  • The study measures association with neighbourhood change, including rents. It does not measure how long-standing residents feel; that part of the essay's sentence draws on the wider literature the paper reviews.
  • The paper suggests a large social housing share may protect against green gentrification, which bears on the essay's call for secure tenancies.
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Confidence applies to the scope above, not every claim made by the underlying source. How confidence works

Cited in the essay for the finding that new parks and greenery can push up rents. The rent part is supported; the feeling of no longer belonging is not measured by this study.

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