Planting trees, planting hope: an analysis of the role of urban forestry in addressing environmental inequality in Cape Town

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dc.contributor.advisorMatose, Franken_ZA
dc.contributor.authorGauld, Zoëen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-10T06:34:15Z
dc.date.available2015-08-10T06:34:15Z
dc.date.issued2015en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe presence of trees in urban spaces has been identified as providing numerous environmental, psychosocial, and economic benefits. However, rather than being an equally distributed resource which all city residents share, tree cover in Cape Town, South Africa tends to be a marker of environmental inequality and racism, with trees being significantly more prevalent in wealthy, predominantly white, areas as opposed to poor, predominantly black, ones. The present study aims to analyse the potential for urban forestry to address this inequality. In order to gain in-depth understanding, a case study of an urban forestry project at the Lathi-Tha School of Skills in Khayelitsha is conducted. Within this framework, semi-structured and photoelicitation interviews are undertaken with 5 learners and 4 staff members in order to determine participants’ experiences and perceptions of their urban forestry project. The findings suggest that urban forestry does have the ability to redistribute the environmental, economic, and psychosocial benefits of tree cover to poor communities. Additionally, participation in urban forestry in South Africa is shown to have the capacity to tackle social inequalities that continue to recreate green-space inequality.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationGauld, Z. (2015). <i>Planting trees, planting hope: an analysis of the role of urban forestry in addressing environmental inequality in Cape Town</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Social Development. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13669en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationGauld, Zoë. <i>"Planting trees, planting hope: an analysis of the role of urban forestry in addressing environmental inequality in Cape Town."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Social Development, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13669en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationGauld, Z. 2015. Planting trees, planting hope: an analysis of the role of urban forestry in addressing environmental inequality in Cape Town. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Gauld, Zoë AB - The presence of trees in urban spaces has been identified as providing numerous environmental, psychosocial, and economic benefits. However, rather than being an equally distributed resource which all city residents share, tree cover in Cape Town, South Africa tends to be a marker of environmental inequality and racism, with trees being significantly more prevalent in wealthy, predominantly white, areas as opposed to poor, predominantly black, ones. The present study aims to analyse the potential for urban forestry to address this inequality. In order to gain in-depth understanding, a case study of an urban forestry project at the Lathi-Tha School of Skills in Khayelitsha is conducted. Within this framework, semi-structured and photoelicitation interviews are undertaken with 5 learners and 4 staff members in order to determine participants’ experiences and perceptions of their urban forestry project. The findings suggest that urban forestry does have the ability to redistribute the environmental, economic, and psychosocial benefits of tree cover to poor communities. Additionally, participation in urban forestry in South Africa is shown to have the capacity to tackle social inequalities that continue to recreate green-space inequality. DA - 2015 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - Planting trees, planting hope: an analysis of the role of urban forestry in addressing environmental inequality in Cape Town TI - Planting trees, planting hope: an analysis of the role of urban forestry in addressing environmental inequality in Cape Town UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13669 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/13669
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationGauld Z. Planting trees, planting hope: an analysis of the role of urban forestry in addressing environmental inequality in Cape Town. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Social Development, 2015 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13669en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Social Developmenten_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherDevelopment Studiesen_ZA
dc.titlePlanting trees, planting hope: an analysis of the role of urban forestry in addressing environmental inequality in Cape Townen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMPhilen_ZA
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