Urban greening is a tool of urban planning to mediate problems related to urban living and betterment of residents’ quality of life. Given the inequitable distribution of this urban public health infrastructure, increasing green area within disadvantaged neighborhoods is one of the contemporary initiatives in urban planning. However, some argue that urban greening can have mixed consequences. Specifically, urban greening efforts may lead to “green gentrification”, and as a result, can unintentionally displace lower income residents and increase inequities. Despite this, few studies have investigated the relationship between gentrification and urban greening. We aim to empirically answer the questions, “Does urban greening lead to gentrification?” or “Does gentrification lead to urban greening?”. We draw on green space data from Landsat and census socioeconomic data over 1996–2016 to analyze the historical data of urban greenness changes and area profile transitions. The result does not indicate any statistically significant evidence that urban greening catalyzes gentrification, but does show that gentrification actuates urban greening. The policy implications are discussed.

城市绿化是城市规划的一种工具，用于调解与城市生活和改善居民生活质量相关的问题。鉴于这种城市公共卫生基础设施的分布不均，增加弱势社区的绿地面积是当代城市规划的举措之一。然而，有些人认为城市绿化可能会产生复杂的后果。具体而言，城市绿化工作可能会导致“绿色高档化”，从而可能无意中取代低收入居民并增加不平等。尽管如此，很少有研究调查高档化与城市绿化之间的关系。我们的目标是从经验上回答“城市绿化会导致高档化吗？”的问题。或“高档化会导致城市绿化吗？”。我们利用来自 Landsat 的绿地数据和 1996-2016 年的人口普查社会经济数据来分析城市绿化变化和区域剖面转变的历史数据。结果没有表明任何统计上显着的证据表明城市绿化催化了高档化，但确实表明高档化促进了城市绿化。讨论了政策含义。