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Spatial Disparities in the Distribution of Parks and Green Spaces in the USA

verfasst von: Ming Wen, Ph.D., M.S, Xingyou Zhang, Ph.D., M.S, Carmen D. Harris, M.P.H, James B. Holt, Ph.D., M.P.A, Janet B. Croft, Ph.D.

Erschienen in: Annals of Behavioral Medicine | Sonderheft 1/2013

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Abstract

Background

Little national evidence is available on spatial disparities in distributions of parks and green spaces in the USA.

Purpose

This study examines ecological associations of spatial access to parks and green spaces with percentages of black, Hispanic, and low-income residents across the urban–rural continuum in the conterminous USA.

Methods

Census tract-level park and green space data were linked with data from the 2010 U.S. Census and 2006–2010 American Community Surveys. Linear mixed regression models were performed to examine these associations.

Results

Poverty levels were negatively associated with distances to parks and percentages of green spaces in urban/suburban areas while positively associated in rural areas. Percentages of blacks and Hispanics were in general negatively linked to distances to parks and green space coverage along the urban–rural spectrum.

Conclusions

Place-based race–ethnicity and poverty are important correlates of spatial access to parks and green spaces, but the associations vary across the urbanization levels.

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Titel: Spatial Disparities in the Distribution of Parks and Green Spaces in the USA
verfasst von: Ming Wen, Ph.D., M.S
Xingyou Zhang, Ph.D., M.S
Carmen D. Harris, M.P.H
James B. Holt, Ph.D., M.P.A
Janet B. Croft, Ph.D.
Publikationsdatum: 01.02.2013
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in: Annals of Behavioral Medicine / Ausgabe Sonderheft 1/2013
Print ISSN: 0883-6612
Elektronische ISSN: 1532-4796
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-012-9426-x

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Spatial Disparities in the Distribution of Parks and Green Spaces in the USA