JAMES HEYDON JAMES.HEYDON@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Assistant Professor in Criminology
Procedural Environmental Injustice in ‘Europe’s Greenest City’: A Case Study into the Felling of Sheffield’s Street Trees
Heydon, James
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Abstract
With around two million trees within its boundaries, the city of Sheffield, England, is known as the ‘greenest city in Europe’. Of these, 36,000 are street trees, defined as those planted on pavements and other public rights of way. However, as of 2012, a private contractor was awarded a £2.2 billion contract by Sheffield City Council to upgrade the city’s roads over 25 years. This required the felling of over 6,000 street trees by the end of August 2017. By 2015, this had sparked such widespread public opposition that the felling programme missed its 2017 deadline. For protestors, the central point of contention is the indiscriminate felling of healthy trees. While an ongoing site of conflict, this article examines the specific forms of harm precipitating local public involvement in such opposition. In doing so, it briefly explains the substantive injustices associated with the felling of street trees before focusing on the underpinning forms of procedural environmental injustice that have allowed for their ongoing production. This contributes to wider green criminological literature by demonstrating how public participation in decision-making is crucial for the attainment of environmental justice.
Citation
Heydon, J. (2020). Procedural Environmental Injustice in ‘Europe’s Greenest City’: A Case Study into the Felling of Sheffield’s Street Trees. Social Sciences, 9(6), Article 100. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci9060100
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jun 5, 2020 |
Online Publication Date | Jun 10, 2020 |
Publication Date | Jun 10, 2020 |
Deposit Date | Mar 7, 2020 |
Publicly Available Date | Jun 15, 2020 |
Journal | Social Sciences |
Electronic ISSN | 2076-0760 |
Publisher | MDPI |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 9 |
Issue | 6 |
Article Number | 100 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci9060100 |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2825714 |
Publisher URL | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/9/6/100 |
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