Children’s green walk to school: An evaluation of welfare-related disparities in the visibility of greenery among children

Łaszkiewicz, Edyta; Sikorska, Daria

doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2020.05.009

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“…The findings of these studies were in line with those of Huckle [16] and Łaszkiewicz and Sikorska [17] regarding green school space planning principles for improving the overall ecology of the school, learning and participation opportu nities, and sustainable planning. They were also in line with Feng and Li [18], who stated that green schools emphasize environmental symbiosis, suitable technology, the consideration of natural light and ventilation in design, and a reduction in nonnatural methods. Reused and recycled materials are prevalent among those selected for construction.…”

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“…The spaces and facilities at schools not only facilitate education but are also designed for teacher-student interaction and connection with local culture and communities. Therefore, schools have ecoenvironmental requirements such as green buildings, technology, and renewable energy [18,22]. Integrating environmental education resources into education is key to the proactive creation of sustainable campuses.…”

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Using Integrated Assessment Approach to Prioritise Performance Indicators for Sustainable Construction and Development of Secondary Campuses

Chaoyang

Wang

2021

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Background: Sustainable development is a global trend, prompting the development of green school buildings. Green building and low-carbon campus promotion in junior high schools and elementary schools were researched in this study to facilitate improved environmental protection, energy saving, and carbon reduction as well as the construction of green, low-carbon campuses. Methods: A review of green building certification approvals was used to establish a green campus assessment system with suitable sustainability factors. Relevant indicators were constructed using the Fuzzy Delphi Method and the Analytic Hierarchy Process. Questionnaires were administered to various types of experts regarding the decision sequence for constructing a green, low-carbon campus in junior high schools and elementary schools. Results: The decision most highly prioritized by all experts was related to lifestyle education and policy management. A healthy campus environment was assigned second place. Energy- and carbon-saving planning and the ecoenvironment were ranked lower. The results provide a reference for architectural planning and implementation, for schools, and for researchers. Conclusion: The government can use them to inform appropriate policies and to establish priorities and indicator weights for promoting green, low-carbon school campuses. Education resources can thereby be reasonably allocated, green building quality on campuses enhanced, and energy-saving and carbon-saving measures implemented.

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Using Integrated Assessment Approach to Prioritise Performance Indicators for Sustainable Construction and Development of Secondary Campuses

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“…In contrast to the regulating services we examine here, several studies have focused on the justice aspects of cultural ES (Amorim Maia et al. 2020 , Łaszkiewicz and Sikorska 2020 , Suárez et al. 2020 ).…”

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Mapping supply of and demand for ecosystem services to assess environmental justice in New York City

Herreros-Cantis

McPhearson

2021

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Livability, resilience, and justice in cities are challenged by climate change and the historical legacies that together create disproportionate impacts on human communities. Urban green infrastructure has emerged as an important tool for climate change adaptation and resilience given their capacity to provide ecosystem services such as local temperature regulation, stormwater mitigation, and air purification. However, realizing the benefits of ecosystem services for climate adaptation depend on where they are locally supplied. Few studies have examined the potential spatial mismatches in supply and demand of urban ecosystem services, and even fewer have examined supply–demand mismatches as a potential environmental justice issue, such as when supply–demand mismatches disproportionately overlap with certain socio‐demographic groups. We spatially analyzed demand for ecosystem services relevant for climate change adaptation and combined results with recent analysis of the supply of ecosystem services in New York City (NYC). By quantifying the relative mismatch between supply and demand of ecosystem services across the city we were able to identify spatial hot‐ and coldspots of supply–demand mismatch. Hotspots are spatial clusters of census blocks with a higher mismatch and coldspots are clusters with lower mismatch values than their surrounding blocks. The distribution of mismatch hot‐ and coldspots was then compared to the spatial distribution of socio‐demographic groups. Results reveal distributional environmental injustice of access to the climate‐regulating benefits of ecosystem services provided by urban green infrastructure in NYC. Analyses show that areas with lower supply–demand mismatch tend to be populated by a larger proportion of white residents with higher median incomes, and areas with high mismatch values have lower incomes and a higher proportion of people of color. We suggest that urban policy and planning should ensure that investments in “nature‐based” solutions such as through urban green infrastructure for climate change adaptation do not reinforce or exacerbate potentially existing environmental injustices.

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“…Concerns over the health and well-being of the city residents, particularly the most vulnerable groups, make it necessary to take appropriate measures to shield them from exposure to harmful PM. As a significant share of the children's daily activities is their commute to school, the proper design of their routes can support a friendly and healthy environment and reduce the negative effects of air pollution on their journey [19]. Positive relations between the presence of greenery and their beneficial role in ensuring children's health and well-being have been long investigated.…”

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The Role of Trees in Winter Air Purification on Children’s Routes to School

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Przybysz³

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Air pollution is now considered to be the world’s largest environmental health threat accounting for millions of deaths globally each year. The social group that is particularly exposed to the harmful effects of air pollution is the children. A daily route to school can constitute an important component of children’s physical activity, but air pollution can pose a threat to their health. Numerous studies have proved high loads of PM can be effectively reduced by vegetation. Little is however known, whether vegetation can also reduce PM during the leaf dormancy period. In this study, we investigated the role of trees in PM removal on children’s routes to schools during winter. We investigated walking routes to selected schools in Warsaw, by examining the adjacent vegetation and PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations and the presence of local black-smoke-belching stoves. We found that proximity to local CHP emitters had the strongest impact on pollution on the way to schools, while not finding a significant relationship between dense greenery and PM loads. Even more, the highest density of vegetation along walking routes tended to stimulate higher PM concentrations. The results obtained show the poor performance of tree canopy in reducing PM loads during winter.

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Children’s green walk to school: An evaluation of welfare-related disparities in the visibility of greenery among children

Cited by 39 publications

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Using Integrated Assessment Approach to Prioritise Performance Indicators for Sustainable Construction and Development of Secondary Campuses

Using Integrated Assessment Approach to Prioritise Performance Indicators for Sustainable Construction and Development of Secondary Campuses

Mapping supply of and demand for ecosystem services to assess environmental justice in New York City

The Role of Trees in Winter Air Purification on Children’s Routes to School

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Children’s green walk to school: An evaluation of welfare-related disparities in the visibility of greenery among children

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Using Integrated Assessment Approach to Prioritise Performance Indicators for Sustainable Construction and Development of Secondary&nbsp;Campuses

Using Integrated Assessment Approach to Prioritise Performance Indicators for Sustainable Construction and Development of Secondary&nbsp;Campuses

Mapping supply of and demand for ecosystem services to assess environmental justice in New York City

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