A complex landscape of inequity in access to urban parks: A literature review

A Rigolon - Landscape and urban planning, 2016 - Elsevier
This article reviews the growing environmental justice literature documenting access to
urban parks across socioeconomic and ethnic groups. The extensive public health and …

Urban green space, public health, and environmental justice: The challenge of making cities 'just green enough'

JR Wolch, J Byrne, JP Newell - Landscape and urban planning, 2014 - Elsevier
Urban green space, such as parks, forests, green roofs, streams, and community gardens,
provides critical ecosystem services. Green space also promotes physical activity …

Which communities have better accessibility to green space? An investigation into environmental inequality using big data

Y Chen, W Yue, D La Rosa - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2020 - Elsevier
Green space accessibility is widely acknowledged as a crucial aspect of a livable
environment and human well-being. Whether green space accessibility is equitable among …

Inequities in the quality of urban park systems: An environmental justice investigation of cities in the United States

A Rigolon, M Browning, V Jennings - Landscape and urban planning, 2018 - Elsevier
A growing body of research shows affluent White neighborhoods have more acres of parks
and more park facilities than low-income ethnic minority communities in many Global North …

Greenspace and park use associated with less emotional distress among college students in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic

LR Larson, LE Mullenbach, MHEM Browning… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected many people's psychological health.
Impacts may be particularly severe among socially vulnerable populations such as college …

Parks and safety: a comparative study of green space access and inequity in five US cities

TG Williams, TM Logan, CT Zuo, KD Liberman… - Landscape and urban …, 2020 - Elsevier
Safety is an important dimension of access to green space. When parks are perceived as
unsafe, people are unlikely to derive the health and community benefits from them. In this …

The spatial heterogeneity of urban green space inequity from a perspective of the vulnerable: A case study of Guangzhou, China

W Yang, R Yang, S Zhou - Cities, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban green space (UGS) plays an essential role in sustainable urban development and is
closely related to public health and human well-being. The inequity of UGS violates …

An assessment of urban park access in Shanghai–Implications for the social equity in urban China

Y **ao, Z Wang, Z Li, Z Tang - Landscape and urban planning, 2017 - Elsevier
The question whether urban green resources are equitably distributed across different social
groups is a major concern of social equity and environmental justice for both governments …

[HTML][HTML] Socioeconomic inequalities in green space quality and accessibility—Evidence from a Southern European city

E Hoffimann, H Barros, AI Ribeiro - International journal of environmental …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Background: The provision of green spaces is an important health promotion strategy to
encourage physical activity and to improve population health. Green space provision has to …

Accessibility of public urban green space in an urban periphery: The case of Shanghai

P Fan, L Xu, W Yue, J Chen - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2017 - Elsevier
We studied the accessibility of public urban green spaces in the context of rapid land
transformation within the urban periphery. By using Shanghai, China as a case study, we …