Social and Environmental Justice: Diversity in Access to and Benefits from Urban Green Infrastructure – Examples from Europe

O’Brien, Liz; Vreese, Rik De; Atmış, Erdoğan; Olafsson, Anton Stahl; Sievänen, Tuija; Brennan, Michael; Sánchez, Mercedes; Panagopoulos, Τhomas; Vries, S. de; Kern, Maren; Gentin, Sandra; Saraiva, Graça; Almeida, Ana Nunes de

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-50280-9_15

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“…According to the results, 47.5% (s p = 0.0250) were little and 11.5% (s p = 0.0160) were not at all satisfied with the existing planted trees and plants; 35.5% (s p = 0.0240) were satisfied, 0.5% (s p = 0.0035) were absolutely satisfied; 4.5% (s p = 0.0104) were very satisfied; 0.5% (s p = 0.0035) did not answer the question. At this point, we must explain that the term green infrastructure includes trees that are not only in woodlands but also in streets and provide important ecosystem services in urban population [5,47]. On the contrary, residents were satisfied with the design of the existing pedestrian streets.…”

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The Usage and Perception of Pedestrian and Cycling Streets on Residents’ Well-being in Kalamaria, Greece

Panagopoulos

Tampakis

Karanikola

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Pedestrian zones are public spaces intended for the continued and safe mobility of pedestrians and people with disabilities, and they provide multiple benefits to urban areas. They counterbalance the densely built-up areas, decrease atmospheric pollution, increase available green or social space, increase walking and cycling rates, and facilitate active play for children. Done properly, pedestrianization may also increase local business sales. Greece boasts open public spaces and the pedestrianization of common roads. The economic crisis that Greece has been experiencing since 2008 has led people to give up their vehicles and use the pedestrian streets more frequently. The purpose of this paper was to investigate residents’ perceptions and satisfaction rates concerning the pedestrian streets of Kalamaria, Greece, and evaluate their importance for residents’ well-being. Following a random sampling method, 400 residents were interviewed. A two-step cluster analysis was conducted. The survey showed that the urban residents visited pedestrian zones in Kalamaria at least once a week, and the visits lasted 46–60 min. The improvement of urban landscape aesthetics and people’s health and well-being were evaluated as important functions of pedestrian zones. The results also indicate that residents were not satisfied with their quality of life and the existing green infrastructures of the pedestrian streets, even though they have a positive disposition toward the construction or transformation of pedestrian streets. The residents expressed their unwillingness to pay more public taxes for the construction and maintenance of pedestrian and cycling streets. The safety and convenience of the mobility of residents were the most important advantages of the pedestrian streets. Meanwhile, overspill parking and difficulties with finding parking spaces were the main disadvantages for the residents. Local authorities can use the results of the present survey to manage the city’s green infrastructure and use this information in the urban planning framework.

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The Usage and Perception of Pedestrian and Cycling Streets on Residents’ Well-being in Kalamaria, Greece

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Tampakis

Karanikola

et al. 2018

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“…The model, called AVANAR, has been described in more detail elsewhere [36]. Its outcomes have been shown to be related to recreational behaviour [37,38]. In this study, supply data are mainly from 2008 and demand data from 2012 (see Figure 3).…”

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Environmental Justice in The Netherlands: Presence and Quality of Greenspace Differ by Socioeconomic Status of Neighbourhoods

2020

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Making our cities more sustainable includes the need to make the transition a just one. This paper focuses on distributive justice with regard to greenspace in cities. Urbanisation and densification will likely result in less greenspace in urban residential areas, especially in deprived neighbourhoods. This is a threat to the aim of healthy and liveable cities, as greenspace has positive effects on human health and well-being. In this study, we show that in The Netherlands, neighbourhoods with a low socioeconomic status already tend to have a lower presence and quality of greenspace than those with a high socioeconomic status. This outcome is independent of the greenness metric that was used. However, depending on the precise greenness metric, socioeconomic differences in greenness between neighbourhoods are smaller in highly urban municipalities than in less urban municipalities, rather than larger. The paper discusses the implications of these outcomes for policy and planning regarding urban greenspace.

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“…Khoshkar, Balfors, and W€ arnb€ ack 2018; Sl€ atmo, Nilsson, and Turunen 2019b). The focus on the accessibility and measure of green space access in Scandinavian GI planning is similar to both the research and planning foci in many other regions of the world (O'Brien et al 2017). However, for the future, it would be relevant for GI planning to work beyond simply universal distance-based measures, and also focus on potential differences in green space access between different user groups, such as marginalized user groups, e.g.…”

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Plans for urban green infrastructure in Scandinavia

Nordh

Olafsson

2020

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

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Scandinavian countries are often mentioned as forerunners in sustainable urban development; here, green infrastructure (GI) planning has played an important role. However, little is known about the status of GI planning at a municipal level-this paper aims to provide such knowledge. In an analysis of GI plans or municipal master plans from 24 municipalities in Scandinavia, we explored the scope of the plans, the focus of the goals/strategies, the terminology, and the measures for access to green spaces. The results show that all the municipalities had strategies for GI, but only 60% had a GI plan or a similar "greenspace" document. Social values were the main focus of the plans, particularly recreation and access. GI was a concept more commonly used in practice compared with ecosystem services. The findings confirm a common Scandinavian approach to urban GI planning, which provides a relevant general frame for future globally strategic GI planning.

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Social and Environmental Justice: Diversity in Access to and Benefits from Urban Green Infrastructure – Examples from Europe

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The Usage and Perception of Pedestrian and Cycling Streets on Residents’ Well-being in Kalamaria, Greece

The Usage and Perception of Pedestrian and Cycling Streets on Residents’ Well-being in Kalamaria, Greece

Environmental Justice in The Netherlands: Presence and Quality of Greenspace Differ by Socioeconomic Status of Neighbourhoods

Plans for urban green infrastructure in Scandinavia

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