Public green spaces and human wellbeing: Mapping the spatial inequity and mismatching status of public green space in the Central City of Shanghai

Shen, Yanan; Sun, Fengyun; Che, Yue

doi:10.1016/j.ufug.2017.06.018

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“…For example, a study on the central neighborhoods of Teheran, Iran found that low-SES people live in closer proximity to green spaces than more affluent residents [83], while an investigation on the entire metropolitan area of Teheran showed the opposite [84]. Contrasting results also emerged for Shanghai, with more studies finding inequity for green space proximity [81,82,91,98] than equity [99]. Three studies in Latin American cities (Santiago de Chile; Hermosillo, Mexico; Bogotá, Colombia) [18,38,80], and three other studies in African cities (Cairo, Egypt; Cape Town, South Africa) [21,86,96] found that high-SES people live closer to parks than low-SES people.…”

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“…A few studies exemplify the trends displayed in Tables 4-7. For proximity, studies in six Chinese cities (e.g., Shanghai, Beijing, Zhongshan, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Macau) showed that high-SES people tend to live closer to urban green spaces than low-SES people, with effect sizes ranging from large to very small [74,81,82,91,92,94,95,97,98,100,101,103,104]. Depending on the methods and sample size, studies focusing on the same city found contrasting results.…”

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“…Some authors note that the introduction of green space standards in China in 1994, which involved providing equal access to green space for all residents for new developments, might have contributed to decreasing inequities [104,105]. Other authors suggest that urban planners and city officials could use their study's findings to identify low-SES, green space deprived areas and build more green spaces in such areas [46,[81][82][83]91,95,104]. Yet this would require that elected officials had the political will and support to invest in low-SES areas.…”

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Access to Urban Green Space in Cities of the Global South: A Systematic Literature Review

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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 documented human health and ecosystem services benefits of UGS in Global South countries and UGS planning barriers in rapidly urbanizing cities. Additionally, another review of Global North UGS studies uncovered that high-SES and White people have access to a higher quantity of higher quality UGSs than low-SES and racial-ethnic minority people but that no clear differences exist regarding who lives closer to UGS. Thus, we conducted a systematic review to uncover (1) whether UGS inequities in Global North cities are evident in Global South cities and (2) whether inequities in the Global South vary between continents. Through the PRISMA approach and five inclusion criteria, we identified 46 peer-reviewed articles that measured SES or racial-ethnic disparities in access to UGS in Global South cities. We found inequities for UGS quantity (high-SES people are advantaged in 85% of cases) and UGS proximity (74% of cases). Inequities were less consistent for UGS quality (65% of cases). We also found that UGS inequities were consistent across African, Asian, and Latin American cities. These findings suggest that Global South cities experience similar inequities in UGS quantity and quality as Global North cities, but that the former also face inequities in UGS proximity.

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“…First, previous studies mainly focused on developed countries in North America or Europe. There are only a few empirical studies focusing on the issue of environmental justice in developing countries like China, but many of them paid much attention to coastal metropolitan cities like Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen (21)(22)(23). The case study of inland cities helps to enrich the existing empirical findings (24).…”

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Characterizing Horizontal and Vertical Perspectives of Spatial Equity for Various Urban Green Spaces: A Case Study of Wuhan, China

Wang

2020

Front. Public Health

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“…Urban green spaces not only beautify the urban landscape but also moderate urban climate by increasing humidity and lowering air temperature (Brown et al, 2015;Zhang et al, 2017). Over the years, the value of parks and green spaces for cities and their bene ts for the health and welfare of citizens has been discussed and proven in many studies (Hunter et al, 2019;Shen et al, 2017;Bertram & Rehdanz, 2015;Twohig-Bennett & Jones, 2018). In general, green spaces are an essential part of the urban landscape, as they are crucial for the stability and sustainability of cities (Belmeziti et al, 2018;Aram, Solgi, & Holden, 2019;Shahab & Viallon, 2020).…”

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Urban heat resilience at the time of global warming: evaluating the impact of the urban parks on outdoor thermal comfort

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Background: In densely populated urban centers, increased air temperature due to urban heat island (UHI) effect can undermine the thermal comfort and health of citizens. Research has shown that large urban parks can mitigate the effect of UHIs and improve thermal comfort, especially in the warmer months of the year when temperature changes are more noticeable. This study investigated the cooling effect intensity (CEI) of the Retiro Park in the center of Madrid at three different distances from its southern edge and the impact of this cooling effect on thermal comfort from physiological and psychological perspectives. This investigation was performed by measuring microclimate data and conducting a survey simultaneously during the summer days. Results: The results showed that the CEI of the park varies with distance from its edge. Because of this effect, air temperature within the 130m and 280m distance of the park was respectively 1.6°C and 0.9°C lower than the temperature at the 520m distance (the nearest heat island). After examining the effect of the park in terms of Physiological Equivalent Temperature (PET), it was found that the PET at the 130m and 280m distance of the park was 9.3% and 5.4% less than the PET in the heat island domain. More than 81% of the respondents (in all three areas) had a mental image of the park as the place where they would experience the highest level of outdoor thermal comfort, and this rate was higher in the areas closer to the park. The analysis of citizens’ responses about perceived thermal comfort (PTC) showed that citizens in areas with higher CEI had perceived a higher degree of thermal comfort from the psychological perspective.Conclusion: This study demonstrates the significant role of large urban parks located in the core of the populated cities in providing thermal comfort for citizens from both physiological and psychological perspectives. Additionally, the results of this study demonstrated that among the environmental (natural and artificial) factors around the park (topography, urban structure, etc.), the aspect ratio has the greatest impact on thermal comfort.

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Public green spaces and human wellbeing: Mapping the spatial inequity and mismatching status of public green space in the Central City of Shanghai

Cited by 203 publications

References 55 publications

Access to Urban Green Space in Cities of the Global South: A Systematic Literature Review

Access to Urban Green Space in Cities of the Global South: A Systematic Literature Review

Characterizing Horizontal and Vertical Perspectives of Spatial Equity for Various Urban Green Spaces: A Case Study of Wuhan, China

Urban heat resilience at the time of global warming: evaluating the impact of the urban parks on outdoor thermal comfort

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