Remote sensing of urban greenspace exposure and equality: Scaling effects from greenspace and population mapping

S Wu, W Yu, J An, C Lin, B Chen - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2023 - Elsevier
Satellite observations are increasingly used to characterize greenspace coverage,
exposure, and equality assessment for environmental and health studies. Given the …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond green environments: Multi-scale difference in human exposure to greenspace in China

B Chen, Y Tu, S Wu, Y Song, Y Jin, C Webster… - Environment …, 2022 - Elsevier
Greenspace exposure metrics can allow for comparisons of green space supply across time,
space, and population groups, and for inferring patterns of variation in opportunities for …

Improved human greenspace exposure equality during 21st century urbanization

S Wu, B Chen, C Webster, B Xu, P Gong - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Greenspace plays a crucial role in urban ecosystems and has been recognized as a key
factor in promoting sustainable and healthy city development. Recent studies have revealed …

Contrasting inequality in human exposure to greenspace between cities of Global North and Global South

B Chen, S Wu, Y Song, C Webster, B Xu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The United Nations specified the need for “providing universal access to
greenspace for urban residents” in the 11th Sustainable Development Goal. Yet, how far we …

[PDF][PDF] Global patterns in human exposure to greenspace: Contrasting inequality between cities of the South and North

B Chen, S Wu, Y Song, C Webster, B Xu, P Gong - 2022 - scholar.archive.org
Abstract The United Nations speci ed the need for “providing universal access to
greenspace for urban residents” in the 11th Sustainable Development Goal. Yet, how far we …

Race, ethnicity, income concentration and 10-year change in urban greenness in the United States

JA Casey, P James, L Cushing, BM Jesdale… - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Background: Cross-sectional studies suggest urban greenness is unequally distributed by
neighborhood demographics. However, the extent to which inequalities in greenness have …

[HTML][HTML] Associations of green space metrics with health and behavior outcomes at different buffer sizes and remote sensing sensor resolutions

JG Su, P Dadvand, MJ Nieuwenhuijsen, X Bartoll… - Environment …, 2019 - Elsevier
Satellite data is increasingly used to characterize green space for health outcome studies.
Literature suggests that green space within 500 m of home is often used to represent …

Using machine learning to examine street green space types at a high spatial resolution: Application in Los Angeles County on socioeconomic disparities in exposure

Y Sun, X Wang, J Zhu, L Chen, Y Jia… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Compared to commonly-used green space indicators from downward-facing
satellite imagery, street view-based green space may capture different types of green space …

[HTML][HTML] Observed inequality in urban greenspace exposure in China

Y Song, B Chen, HC Ho, MP Kwan, D Liu… - Environment …, 2021 - Elsevier
Given the important role of green environments playing in healthy cities, the inequality in
urban greenspace exposure has aroused growing attentions. However, few comparative …

[HTML][HTML] Unveiling environmental justice in two US cities through greenspace accessibility and visible greenness exposure

MS Rahman, M Meenar, SM Labib, T Howell… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2024 - Elsevier
Uneven access to greenspaces or visible greenness is an environmental justice (EJ) issue.
In this paper, we use a social equity lens to develop geospatial models that measure …