Xiao, Y;
Wang, Z;
Li, Z;
Tang, Z;
(2017)
An assessment of urban park access in Shanghai – Implications for the social equity in urban China.
Landscape and Urban Planning
, 157
pp. 383-393.
10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.08.007.
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Abstract
The question whether urban green resources are equitably distributed across different social groups is a major concern of social equity and environmental justice for both governments and scholars. This topic is particularly relevant for rapidly developing countries such as China where inequality is growing. This paper examines whether and to what extent the distribution of urban park services is equitable for marginalised population in China. We choose Shanghai as the case study and took into account three dimensions of group delineation, namely demographic characteristics, social economic status and social spatial structure. We employ the spatial clustering method to assess the similarities and differences of the association between the spatial patterns of accessibility to urban parks among different social groups. Interestingly, we found that vulnerable groups are favoured over more affluent citizens. Local municipal endeavours have ensured that the access to Shanghai’s parks remains socially equitable. Additionally, we attributed it to the path dependence of China’s socialism legacy before the market-oriented reforms.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | An assessment of urban park access in Shanghai – Implications for the social equity in urban China |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.08.007 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.08.007 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. This manuscript version is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Non-derivative 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This license allows you to share, copy, distribute and transmit the work for personal and non-commercial use providing author and publisher attribution is clearly stated. Further details about CC BY licenses are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/. Access may be initially restricted by the publisher. |
| Keywords: | Social equity; Environmental justice; Marginalised groups; Park access; Shanghai |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1516114 |
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