Resources

Compiled research pass

The full memo—executive summary, neighborhood histories, park case studies, methods notes, resistance timeline, tiered bibliography, primary document list, and gaps/risks—lives in the site folder as Green_Divide_Research_Pass.md. That file is the citation backbone for claims on this site.

Books and long reports

• Richard Rothstein, The Color of Law (Liveright, 2017).
• Kenneth A. Gould & Tammy L. Lewis, Green Gentrification (Routledge, 2017).
• Isabelle Anguelovski, Neighborhood as Refuge (MIT Press, 2014).
• Winifred Curran & Trina Hamilton, eds., Just Green Enough (Routledge, 2018).
• Isabelle Anguelovski & James J.T. Connolly, eds., The Green City and Social Injustice (Routledge, 2021).
• Robert O. Self, American Babylon (Princeton, 2003) — postwar Oakland.
• Nathan McClintock, “From Industrial Garden to Food Desert,” in Cultivating Food Justice (MIT Press, 2011).
• CEJA, “CalEnviroScreen: A Critical Tool…” (policy report; ceja.org).
• James Yelen, “Community Land Trusts as Neighborhood Stabilization,” MCP thesis, UC Berkeley (2017); via Urban Displacement Project.

Scholarly articles (selection)

• Anguelovski, I. (2016). “From Toxic Sites to Parks as (Green) LULUs?” Journal of Planning Literature.
• Anguelovski, I. et al. (2019). “New scholarly pathways on green gentrification.” Progress in Human Geography.
• Anguelovski, I. et al. (2018). “Assessing green gentrification…” Urban Geography.
• Anguelovski, I. & Connolly, J.J.T. (2024). “Segregating by Greening.” Journal of Planning Literature.
• Rigolon, A. & Németh, J. (2020). Parks and gentrification (summarized in JCPE and reviews).
• Quinton, J. et al. (2022). “How well do we know green gentrification?” Environmental Research Letters (open access).
• Nardone, A. et al. (2019). Redlining and asthma (UC Berkeley / UCSF).
• Checker, M. (2011). “Wiped Out by the ‘Greenwave.’” City & Society.
• Dooling, S. (2009). “Ecological gentrification.” Urban Studies.
• Wolch, J., Byrne, J., & Newell, J.P. (2014). “Just green enough.” Landscape and Urban Planning.

Government and planning data

• data.census.gov — ACS Tables B25064, B25003, B19013, B03002, B15003, B25034.
• CalEnviroScreen (OEHHA) — screening tool; cite as relative burden, not individual diagnosis.
• Mapping Inequality — digitized HOLC maps.
• City of Oakland open data; Rent Adjustment Program.
• Measure DD documents (Waterfront Action) and city coalition pages.
• Caltrans Vision 980; ConnectOakland.
• FTA — Fruitvale Transit Village case materials.
• CalEPA — EJ Task Force reports (Oakland initiative 2016–2017).

Community-authored sources

I list these so readers can donate, volunteer, or read primary sources. I am not claiming I speak for any of them.

• Causa Justa :: Just Cause — “Housing Justice is Climate Justice” (2011) and ongoing research.
• Anti-Eviction Mapping Project / Urban Habitat — Evictorbook.
• Oakland Community Land Trust.
• ACCE Action.
• Oakland Tenants Union; APEN; EBHO; EBASE.
• Oakland Public Library — local history and planning collections.
• LocalWiki Oakland; Segregation by Design (Oakland).

Get involved (practical)

• Show up to Oakland Planning Commission and city council hearings when agenda items touch your neighborhood; public comment matters more when it is coordinated.
• Support legal aid and tenant unions financially when possible; distribute know-your-rights materials where they reach tenants.
• Push for course readings that include community-authored sources alongside peer-reviewed work.