Literature review reveals a global access inequity to urban green spaces

• Verfasst von: Sun, Yan [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Saha, Somidh [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Tost, Heike [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Kong, Xiangqi [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Xu, Chengyang [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Literature review reveals a global access inequity to urban green spaces
• Verf.angabe: Yan Sun, Somidh Saha, Heike Tost, Xiangqi Kong and Chengyang Xu
• E-Jahr: 2022
• Jahr: 18 January 2022
• Umfang: 16 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 28.05.2024
• Weitere Titel: Übergeordneter Titel des Special issue: Advances in green infrastructure planning
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Sustainability
• Ort Quelle: Basel : MDPI, 2009
• Jahr Quelle: 2022
• Band/Heft Quelle: 14(2022), 3, Artikel-ID 1062, Seite 1-16
• ISSN Quelle: 2071-1050
• DOI: doi:10.3390/su14031062
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: access inequity
• Sach-SW: city scale
• Sach-SW: empirical studies
• Sach-SW: inequity mitigation
• Sach-SW: systematic mapping
• K10plus-PPN: 1890029149

Abstract

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.