Urban green spaces and social vulnerability in Brazilian metropolitan regions: Towards environmental justice

Silva, Romero Gomes Pereira da; Lima, Cláudia Lins; Saito, Carlos Hiroo

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106638

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“…Social status can also impact green inequity, with migrants disadvantaged in their access to urban green space and differences in social background, culture and language potentially preventing migrant groups from using parks for daily communication and activities [29]. Ethno-religious and social identity group differences further lead to unfair treatment when people use green space [30,31]. In Atlanta, Georgia, a study found that people of color (Black, etc.…”

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Public Green Space Injustice in High-Density Post-Colonial Areas: A Case Study of the Macau Peninsula, China

Sun,

Liu

2024

Sustainability

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Public green spaces (PGSs) play a positive role in urban social sustainability and solidarity, as all urban dwellers can access them without discrimination or restrictions, but urbanization usually leads to an extreme shortage of PGSs and thus it becomes an important spatial resource that is competed for by different groups, especially migrant populations. Taking the Macau Peninsula as an example, this study employed a hybrid analysis approach, including the spatial Gini coefficient, spatial share index and spatial quality assessment, to look at the PGS injustice in high-density post-colonial areas. The results showed that (1) there is a “spatial mismatch” in the Peninsula’s PGS; (2) significant PGS service differences have been found between the colonial group (Portuguese) and immigrant group (Southeast Asian); and (3) a comparative analysis of the changes in the equity of PGSs over the past 40 years reveals that the PGS tends to be equitable overall, but the differences between groups have gradually increased. PGS injustice mainly depends on the spatial production mechanism during the colonial period of Macau and the spatial selection and limitation of groups due to differential social integration. Based on this, this work proposes recommendations for the planning and construction of PGS in terms of urban renewal and social sustainability, as well as new reclamation areas, in Macau. This study broadens the field and helps to improve the PGS inequality in high-density post-colonial areas, aiding regional sustainable development.

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Public Green Space Injustice in High-Density Post-Colonial Areas: A Case Study of the Macau Peninsula, China

Sun,

Liu

2024

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“…The metropolitan area (MA) has become a type of spatial combination of urban groups with universal significance worldwide [1] and is an important unit for a country or region to intervene in global competition [2,3]. MAs create close economic and social ties within a specific geographical space that transcend the jurisdiction of individual local governments [4,5] and involve multiple levels of government and the close interaction of power relations between them [6,7].…”

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The Construction of Chinese Metropolitan Area from the Perspective of Politics of Scale: A Case Study of Nanjing Metropolitan Area, China

Zhao

Zhu

2023

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The spatial political logic of the construction of Chinese metropolitan areas (CMAs) is unique and complex, involving the interaction of power, spatial production, and the construction of political rationality between multiple scales. Taking the representative Nanjing metropolitan area as an example, we use the “material–organizational–discursive” analytical framework of politics of scale theory to analyze the construction logic of CMAs. This study finds the following: (1) In general, the CMA is a high-quality spatial construction resulting from multi-city negotiation, inter-provincial collaboration, and central–territory linkage, and has generally undergone a process of increasing the power of subjects, nested power relations, frequent scale interactions, and complex interest games; among them, planning is not only a scale tool for competing for power, but also an important representation of the results of multiple power games. (2) In terms of the construction of material space, both the delineation of boundaries and the cross-border connection of infrastructure represent rational thinking and stand as two-way choices of the two power subjects in the MA based on the maintenance and expansion of their own spatial development rights. (3) In terms of organizational space construction, CMAs mainly adopt flexible means, with bilateral and multilateral cooperation at the horizontal level, while there is a certain power inequality at the vertical level. (4) In the construction of discursive space, CMAs have experienced increasing construction significance, escalating scale subjects, and overlapping discourse narratives, and the contrast of power relations has also changed. The contribution of this paper is an expansion of the analytical framework of politics of scale based on the division of spatial dimensions, which provides a new perspective for understanding the construction of CMAs, and also helps us to picture Chinese city–regionalism.

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Ecological sustainability of marine fishery in coastal countries of the "Belt and Road": spatial–temporal features and future predictions

Kong,

Cui

2024

Environ Dev Sustain

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Urban green spaces and social vulnerability in Brazilian metropolitan regions: Towards environmental justice

Cited by 17 publications

References 39 publications

Public Green Space Injustice in High-Density Post-Colonial Areas: A Case Study of the Macau Peninsula, China

Public Green Space Injustice in High-Density Post-Colonial Areas: A Case Study of the Macau Peninsula, China

The Construction of Chinese Metropolitan Area from the Perspective of Politics of Scale: A Case Study of Nanjing Metropolitan Area, China

Ecological sustainability of marine fishery in coastal countries of the "Belt and Road": spatial–temporal features and future predictions

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