Sport Stadiums and Environmental Justice

Timothy Kellison is Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Sport and Urban Policy at Georgia State University, USA. His research is primarily focused on sport in the urban environment, with special emphasis in sport ecology, urban and regional planning, public policy, and politics. He is coeditor of the Routledge Handbook of Sport and Sustainable Development and the Routledge Handbook of Sport and the Environment.

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• PART IOverview 1 Considering Environmental Justice in Sport: Green Fields, Gray Skies Timothy Kellison2 Stadiums, Gentrification, and Displacement: A Comparative Overview of U.S. Cities John Lauermann3 Indigenous Environmental Justice in U.S. and Canada Sport Stadiums Alisse Ali-Joseph, Kelsey Leonard, and Natalie M. Welch4 Environmental Impacts of Shadow Stadia Taryn Barry, Daniel S. Mason, and Lisi Heise5 Stadiums and State Environmental Policy Acts Kellen ZalePART IICase Studies 6 Stadiums, Race, and Water Infrastructure: Flooding on Atlanta’s Southside Marni Davis, Richard Milligan, and Andy Walter7 Intracity Team Relocation and Environmental Justice in Baltimore Jessica R. Murfree and Walker J. Ross8 Old and New Stadium Development in Miami Laura Sivels9 Stadia and Community Stewardship: Community Benefits and Public Finance for New York’s Yankee Stadium Austin H. Thompson and Kyle S. Bunds10 The Anacostia Waterfront Initiative, Nationals Park, and Environmental Justice in Washington, D.C. Michael Friedman11 Cape Town’s 2010 FIFA World Cup Stadium Location and Its Spatial and Environmental Justice Implications Aadil Engar and Jacques du Toit12 Settler Colonialism as Environmental Injustice: Rogers Place and Edmonton Chen Chen and Judy Davidson13 Micro Land Grabbing of Sporting Grounds in Nairobi: A New Form of Environmental Justice at Play Stephanie Gerretsen14 Politics and Decision-Making in the Taipei Dome Complex Project Chun-Chieh Lin15 Seattle and Climate Pledge Arena: A Progressive and Sustainable Arena that Must Integrate Equity and Increase Accountability Alex Porteshawver