Urban parks, socio spatial and environmental justice in a metropolis in the global southern
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Green areas, Inequality, Urban planning, LeisureAbstract
This study aims to discuss the urban park system in a metropolis of the Global South from the socio-spatial and environmental justice perspective. We mapped Urban parks in Recife, Brazil, overlaid with socio-economic indicators of the population: income, schooling, municipal human development index (MHDI), race, and presence of sewage in census tracts. We also analyzed Responses from 1217 questionnaires applied to urban park users. We used QGis 3.10.12 software to build the maps and Excel and Intellectus to analyze the data. The correlation between the variables was analyzed using Kendall's and biserial correlation. The results showed that people with lower levels of schooling, income, and M-HDI live farther away from urban parks. There was a negative correlation between distance to parks and schooling (-0.19), distance to parks and income (-0.24), and between race and frequency of visits to parks (-0.16). We concluded that the spatial distribution of parks reflects inequality, in which minority groups find it more difficult to access and enjoy the benefits of green and leisure areas.
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