Simulating the Consequences of Policies That Improve Environmental Conditions

This chapter explores the implications of policies that improve environmental conditions in communities. Using an agent-based model, we implement a series of different policy scenarios that site parks and recreational facilities of different sorts in different types of community settings. We find that each unique recipe of strategies results in different outcomes, but crucially find that some scenarios, particularly those most associated with the just green enough (JGE) approach, seem to slow down the gentrification and displacement process considerably.