Using an environmental justice approach to examine the relationships between park availability and quality indicators, neighborhood disadvantage, and racial/ethnic composition

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 148, Issue , 2016, Pages 159-169

  Hughey, S Morgan ^a   Walsemann, Katrina M ^a   Child, Stephanie ^a   Powers, Alicia ^b   Reed, Julian A ^b   Kaczynski, Andrew T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b FURMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Built environment; Environmental justice; Neighborhood disadvantage; Parks

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; PARKING;

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; CENSUS BUREAU; COMMUNITY RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; LIMITED ATTENTIONS; NEIGHBORHOOD DISADVANTAGE; QUALITY INDICATORS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS;

CONSERVATION;

CENSUS; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ETHNIC GROUP; GREENSPACE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NEIGHBORHOOD; PUBLIC SPACE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84955088554     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.12.016     Document Type: Article

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