Which communities have better accessibility to green space? An investigation into environmental inequality using big data

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 204, Issue , 2020, Pages

  Chen, Yang ^a   Yue, Wenze ^a   La Rosa, Daniele ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amap API; Environmental inequality; Green space accessibility; Residential community

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; GENTRIFICATION; GREENSPACE; HOUSING MARKET; PERIURBAN AREA; POLICY MAKING; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN PLANNING;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 85089666335     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2020.103919     Document Type: Article

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