Access to urban green spaces and environmental inequality in post-socialist cities

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dc.author.affiliationATOhu
dc.author.affiliationNONRKIhu
dc.author.mtmtid10013647
dc.author.mtmtid10014635
dc.author.mtmtid10000305
dc.contributor.authorCsomós, György
dc.contributor.authorFarkas, Jenő Zsolt
dc.contributor.authorKovács, Zoltán
dc.coverage.mtmtmtmthu
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-18T13:07:05Z
dc.date.available2020-08-18T13:07:05Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractAccess to urban green spaces and environmental inequalities are increasingly on the agenda in contemporary cities due to increasing density of people, widening social inequalities, and limited access to Urban Green Spaces (UGS). This is even so in post-socialist cities where recent urban sprawl and suburbanisation could be strongly linked to the scarcity of adequate green spaces in the inner-parts of cities. This paper examines the provision and accessibility of public green spaces in Debrecen, a second tier city in post-socialist Hungary, with applying a walking distance approach. Using GIS technology and socio-demographic data of residents the study assesses the availability and accessibility of green spaces in the city, and their social equity. According to research results the geographical distribution of UGS is very uneven in the city, some neighbourhoods lack public green spaces, while others are well-supplied. This is partly due to the natural environment and the post-WWII development of the city. Research findings show that the quality of residential green spaces is generally poor or very poor. Research also confirmed the widening environmental inequalities within the local society. New upmarket residential areas, where the wealthiest section of population reside are rich in high-quality (private) green spaces. Other lower-status neighbourhoods, including some of the socialist housing estates, suffer from the lack of good quality green spaces. Authors argue that environmental justice should be a core concept of city-planning considering not only the officially designated public green spaces, but also other forms of urban green (institutional, private etc.).hu
dc.description.accessszabadon elérhető / Open accesshu
dc.format.extentfirstpage191hu
dc.format.extentlastpage207hu
dc.format.extentvolume69hu
dc.identifier.citationHungarian Geographical Bulletin 69:(2) pp. 191-207. (2020)hu
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.15201/hungeobull.69.2.7hu
dc.identifier.issn2064-5031hu
dc.identifier.mtmt-recordid31365753
dc.identifier.urihttps://ojs.mtak.hu/index.php/hungeobull/article/view/3715
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11155/2239
dc.languageangolhu
dc.relation.ispartofjournalHungarian Geographical Bulletinhu
dc.relation.ispartofjournalissue2hu
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0) Nevezd meg!-Ne add el!-Ne változtasd!hu
dc.subjectzöldfelületekhu
dc.subjectkörnyezetvédelemhu
dc.subjectvárosi térhu
dc.subjectkörnyezeti igazságossághu
dc.titleAccess to urban green spaces and environmental inequality in post-socialist citiesen
dc.typejournalArticlehu
dc.type.descriptionfolyóiratcikkhu
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