Nature, Race, and Real Estate in Minneapolis-St. Paul
October 3, 2022
By Rebecca Walker, PhD Student, and Hannah Ramer, Postdoctoral Researcher, Hubert H. Humphrey School for Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, and the MSP LTER Nature & Wealth Team
Graduate student Rebecca Walker and postdoctoral researcher Hannah Ramer share initial findings from the MSP LTER's "Coupling Between Urban Nature Investments and Wealth" Team's collaboration with the University of Minnesota's Mapping Prejudice Project. Emerging historical research shows that unequal access to urban green space was no accident, but the result of development policies that have continued to leave their mark on city planning in the Twin Cities.
