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The Political Ecology of Uneven Urban Green Space

The Impact of Political Economy on Race and Ethnicity in Producing Environmental Inequality in Milwaukee

University of Georgia, Athens

Harold A. Perkins

Ohio University, Athens

Parama Roy

University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

This article investigates the role of urban political economy, private-public property relations, and race and ethnicity in the social production of Milwaukee's urban forest. By integrating urban-forest canopy-cover data from aerial photography, United States Census data, and qualitative data collected through in-depth interviews, this analysis suggests that there is an inequitable distribution of urban canopy cover within Milwaukee. Since urban trees positively affect quality of life, the spatially inequitable distribution of urban trees in relation to race and ethnicity is yet another instance of urban environmental inequality that deserves greater consideration in light of contemporary and dynamic property relations within capitalist societies.

Key Words: environmental inequity • urban political ecology • Milwaukee's urban forest • private property • race/class

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