Literature review reveals a global access inequity to urban green spaces

Differences in the accessibility to urban resources between different racial and socioeconomic groups have exerted pressure on effective planning and management for sustainable city development. However, few studies have examined the multiple factors that may influence the mitigation of urban green...

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Hauptverfasser: Sun, Yan (VerfasserIn) , Saha, Somidh (VerfasserIn) , Tost, Heike (VerfasserIn) , Kong, Xiangqi (VerfasserIn) , Xu, Chengyang (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 18 January 2022
In: Sustainability
Year: 2022, Jahrgang: 14, Heft: 3, Pages: 1-16
ISSN:2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su14031062
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Verfasserangaben:Yan Sun, Somidh Saha, Heike Tost, Xiangqi Kong and Chengyang Xu
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Zusammenfassung:Differences in the accessibility to urban resources between different racial and socioeconomic groups have exerted pressure on effective planning and management for sustainable city development. However, few studies have examined the multiple factors that may influence the mitigation of urban green spaces (UGS) inequity. This study reports the results of a systematic mapping of access inequity research through correspondence analysis (CA) to reveal critical trends, knowledge gaps, and clusters based on a sample of 49 empirical studies screened from 563 selected papers. Our findings suggest that although the scale of cities with UGS access inequity varies between countries, large cities (more than 1,000,000 population), especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), are particularly affected. Moreover, the number of cities in which high socioeconomic status (high-SES) groups (e.g., young, rich, or employed) are at an advantage concerning access to UGS is substantially higher than the number of cities showing better accessibility for low-SES groups. Across the reviewed papers, analyses on mitigating interventions are sparse, and among the few studies that touch upon this, we found different central issues in local mitigating strategies between high-income countries (HICs) and LMICs. An explanatory framework is offered, explaining the interaction between UGS access inequity and local mitigating measures.
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ISSN:2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su14031062