通过独特的公园指标,调查美国东南部两个城市公园入口的社会经济差异:生态分析
Andrew T Kaczynski1,2, Marilyn E Wende3, Jasper Schipperijn4
1Department of Health Promotion, Education and Behavior, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
American journal of health promotion : AJHP
|September 18, 2025
概括
"公园指数" (ParkIndex) 是一个新的公园入口指标,在北卡罗来纳州和南卡罗来纳州的收入,种族或人口密度之间没有显著差异. 这表明这些地区的公园分配是公平的.
科学领域:
- 环境正义 环境正义
- 城市规划 城市规划
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 公平获得优质公园对于社区福祉至关重要.
- 测量公园入口及其在不同人群中的分布是一个持续的挑战.
- 现有的指标可能无法完全捕捉公园可访问性和质量的细微差别.
研究的目的:
- 引入并展示ParkIndex指标的实用性,用于评估复合式公园入口.
- 根据社会人口统计学因素调查ParkIndex得分的潜在差异.
- 为了检查ParkIndex得分是否在收入水平,种族/种族组成和人口密度之间有显著差异.
主要方法:
- 在南卡罗来纳州格林维尔县和北卡罗来纳州罗利县进行了环节性环境正义分析.
- 收集了507个区块组的公园访问和质量数据,创建了ParkIndex指标.
- 美国人口普查局的数据提供了社会人口统计信息 (收入,种族/种族,人口密度) 用于分析.
主要成果:
- Choropleth地图可视化了ParkIndex值的空间分布以及社会人口统计学属性.
- 对差异的分析显示,基于家庭收入中位数的ParkIndex值没有统计学上显著的差异.
- 关于非西班牙裔白人种族/种族或人口密度的百分比,没有发现显著差异.
结论:
- 帕克指数指标为评估复合式公园接入提供了一种新的方法.
- 该研究没有发现与公园接入相关的环境不公正的重大证据,基于研究区域分析的社会人口统计学因素.
- 建议进行进一步的研究,以探索ParkIndex在识别和解决环境不公正和健康差异方面的普遍性.
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