Analysis of urban green space accessibility and distribution inequity in the City of Chicago

D Liu, MP Kwan, Z Kan - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2021 - Elsevier
Urban green space (UGS) has positive impacts on people's physical and mental health.
Equal access to UGS for all people, regardless of their individual characteristics, is key to the …

Racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in urban green space accessibility: Where to intervene?

D Dai - Landscape and urban planning, 2011 - Elsevier
Access to green spaces is important to physical activities and public health, yet one concern
remains as to whether the disparities in green space access exist. This study aimed to (1) …

Understanding disparities in community green accessibility under alternative green measures: A metropolitan-wide analysis of Columbus, Ohio, and Atlanta, Georgia

Y Park, JM Guldmann - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2020 - Elsevier
This study examines whether the level of community accessibility to green spaces varies as
a function of socioeconomic factors, focusing on three underexplored aspects affecting …

How spatial patterns affect urban green space equity at different equity levels: A Bayesian quantile regression approach

J Guan, R Wang, D Van Berkel, Z Liang - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2023 - Elsevier
In many cities, urban green space (UGS) is not evenly distributed, and marginalized
communities often lack UGS due to legacies of disinvestment. Existing research mainly …

Investigation on urban greenspace in relation to sociodemographic factors and health inequity based on different greenspace metrics in 3 US urban communities

S Heo, ML Bell - Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental …, 2023 - nature.com
Background Study results are inconclusive regarding how access to greenspace differs by
sociodemographic status potentially due to lack of consideration of varying dimensions of …

Who has access to urban vegetation? A spatial analysis of distributional green equity in 10 US cities

L Nesbitt, MJ Meitner, C Girling, SRJ Sheppard… - Landscape and Urban …, 2019 - Elsevier
This research examines the distributional equity of urban vegetation in 10 US urbanized
areas using very high resolution land cover data and census data. Urban vegetation is …

Environmental inequities in terms of different types of urban greenery in Hartford, Connecticut

X Li, C Zhang, W Li, YA Kuzovkina - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2016 - Elsevier
Urban greenery has long been recognized as an important component of urban ecosystem
and provides many benefits to urban residents. However, different types of urban greenery …

Access to urban green space in cities of the Global South: A systematic literature review

A Rigolon, MHEM Browning, K Lee, S Shin - Urban Science, 2018 - mdpi.com
This review examines disparities in access to urban green space (UGS) based on
socioeconomic status (SES) and race-ethnicity in Global South cities. It was motivated by …

Evaluating the disparities in urban green space provision in communities with diverse built environments: The case of a rapidly urbanizing Chinese city

J Zhang, Z Yu, Y Cheng, C Chen, Y Wan, B Zhao… - Building and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Urban green space (UGS) is often unevenly distributed in cities, which raises the issue of
green justice. Previous studies have focused on evaluating the disparities in UGS provision …

Social disparities in tree canopy and park accessibility: A case study of six cities in Illinois using GIS and remote sensing

X Zhou, J Kim - Urban forestry & urban greening, 2013 - Elsevier
Easy access to green space and the presence of lush tree canopy in neighborhoods provide
substantial psychophysical benefits to residents. However, these urban amenities are often …