The role of informal green spaces in reducing inequalities in urban green space availability to children and seniors

Sikorska, Daria; Łaszkiewicz, Edyta; Krauze, Kinga; Sikorski, Piotr

doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2020.03.007

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“…A growing body of research shows a scientific consensus on the importance of parks and urban greenery for health and well-being [73][74][75][76][77]. At the same time, the COVID-19 pandemic underlined the importance of informal, semi-natural spaces in the city and their ecological services provisioning [78][79][80][81][82][83]. Informal green space (overgrown brownfields, 'wild' riverbanks, road reserves etc.)…”

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Green Infrastructure in the Time of Social Distancing: Urban Policy and the Tactical Pandemic Urbanism

Herman

Drozda

2021

Sustainability

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The COVID-19 pandemic generated a number of changes in the functioning of urban areas all over the world and had a visible impact on the use of green infrastructure, including city parks. The study discusses and compares operation and use of two such parks located in Wellington, New Zealand and Warsaw, Poland by adopting "pandemic urban ethnography", an approach that includes autoethnography, interviews with users, non-participant observation, and analysis of social media content. As indicated by the findings of the study, the importance of less rigidly designed, multifunctional spaces that give their users freedom of "tactical" adjustments, significantly grows during times of lockdown and "social distancing". During such a crisis, the management and everyday use of urban parks are highly related to urban policies. The article provides insight into how those policies impact the functional values of green infrastructure confronting it with user-generated adaptations and the landscape design itself. The global health emergency showed how access to green areas becomes a crucial determinant on environmental justice while proving the significance of "tactical pandemic urbanism" as both a design and management method.

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Green Infrastructure in the Time of Social Distancing: Urban Policy and the Tactical Pandemic Urbanism

Herman

Drozda

2021

Sustainability

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“…Basic social attributes such as age, gender, and number of children in households also influence the accessibility of green areas [19,20]. These attributes reflect the regional culture and structure of families and society at large.…”

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Access and Use of Green Areas during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Green Infrastructure Management in the “New Normal”

Uchiyama

Kohsaka

2020

Sustainability

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This study aims to identify the influence of the socioeconomic attributes and environmental contexts of citizens’ residential areas on the access and use of green areas during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results can aid policymaking and facilitate the safe and unrestricted use of green areas during the pandemic. The access and use of green areas were analyzed using a survey conducted after the official COVID-19 emergency in Japan (16 April to 14 May, 2020). Visits to green areas during the pandemic have gained salience globally from multiple perspectives: health, planning, social justice, and equity. The results of this study demonstrated that socioeconomic factors influenced the frequency of visiting green areas. The factors further influenced the use of the three categories of green areas (parks, agricultural lands, and gardens). Environmental contexts, including the land use patterns in residential areas, also influenced the use of specific types of green areas. Thus, policies need to further facilitate visits to green areas by reflecting the socioeconomic attributes of residents and their households, including income, number of children, gender, and age, incorporating those who have less access and considering the spread of COVID-19 locally. Furthermore, policies for the use of specific green areas, including parks, agricultural lands, and gardens, need to take cognizance of the residents’ environmental contexts. Management of specific green areas, like agricultural lands, is required, and residents should be provided with opportunities to use these areas with measures to avoid infection.

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“…This same work highlights a scarcity of studies qualitatively addressing CES (but see [24]) and often the investigated UGS type is not specified. Furthermore, these studies frequently include parks [10,[25][26][27][28] and forests [29], rather than other types of UGS (but see [30][31][32]). However, there is a need to explore how CES are related to different types of UGS [29].…”

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Qualitative Exploration of Perception and Use of Cultural Ecosystem Services from Tree-Based Urban Green Space in the City of Zagreb (Croatia)

Ostoić

Marin

Kičić

et al. 2020

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Background and Objectives: Cultural ecosystem services of urban green spaces are increasingly important and often recognized as such by people living in urban areas. Qualitative studies on perception of cultural ecosystem services from urban green spaces are still rare. Previous studies addressed only certain types of urban green space and often only some services. There is a lack of understanding how people perceive cultural ecosystem services from different types of tree-based urban green spaces. Hence, the purpose of the study was to explore whether and how people perceive and use cultural ecosystem services of different types of tree-based urban green spaces. Materials and Methods: Focus groups were conducted with citizens in each city district. Interviews were recorded, transcribed and transcripts analyzed in MAXQDA software. We used bottom up code-category-theme approach to analyze the data without predefined set of codes or categories. Results: Place attachment, aesthetic and recreational services were more recognized than educational and cultural identity services. For place attachment, most important single attributes were positive memories, and good maintenance, while most important categories were facilities, existence of emotional ties, possibility of experiences, recreational use and access. Presence of specific tree species and presence of trees in general were most important attributes for aesthetic services, while possibility of experiences and trees were the most important categories. Conclusions: People perceived various cultural ecosystem services from tree-based urban green space, even though some services more than others. Recreation may be the underlying goal of our participants when interacting with tree-based urban nature. Forests, parks were recognized as those providing multiple cultural ecosystem services. However, other types of green spaces were also recognized as bearers of these services, albeit with less services and attributes attached. It supports the importance of careful planning of urban green spaces in terms of providing a variety of green space types. The study provides basis for later quantification of cultural ecosystem services (CES) from tree-based urban green space.

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The role of informal green spaces in reducing inequalities in urban green space availability to children and seniors

Cited by 174 publications

References 68 publications

Green Infrastructure in the Time of Social Distancing: Urban Policy and the Tactical Pandemic Urbanism

Green Infrastructure in the Time of Social Distancing: Urban Policy and the Tactical Pandemic Urbanism

Access and Use of Green Areas during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Green Infrastructure Management in the “New Normal”

Qualitative Exploration of Perception and Use of Cultural Ecosystem Services from Tree-Based Urban Green Space in the City of Zagreb (Croatia)

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