Pathways between people, wildlife and environmental justice in cities DOI Creative Commons
Alex McInturff, Lara Volski, Megan M. Callahan

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People and Nature, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 10, 2025

Abstract Wildlife are increasingly recognized as critical to urban ecosystems, but the impacts and benefits of wildlife on people in cities poorly understood. Environmental justice scholarship has concluded that elements environment can create or exacerbate social inequity, human–wildlife interactions have not been considered through this lens. We conducted a literature review wildlife, environmental justice. triangulated between these three bodies identify trends, gaps research needs. identified six pathways which presence absence, management may lead injustice for people. Our shows affect nearly all aspects life people, including economics, participation decision‐making, patterns space, human health, psychological well‐being cultural discourses. Through pathways, disproportionately marginalized vulnerable communities affluent residents. Contemporary intersections planning, histories systemic bias existing injustices cities. Synthesis applications . Though often characterized ‘good’ ‘bad’ based their effects we conclude dichotomy perpetuates wildlife. Instead, argue ‘just city’ fosters healthy populations equitable decision‐making. The lay out here offer road map incorporating into management. Read free Plain Language Summary article Journal blog.

Language: Английский

Transforming US urban green infrastructure planning to address equity DOI Creative Commons
Zbigniew R. Grabowski, Timon McPhearson, Steward T. A. Pickett

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Landscape and Urban Planning, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 229, P. 104591 - 104591

Published: Oct. 5, 2022

Cities across the Unites States have embraced green infrastructure (GI) in official planning efforts. The plans conceptualize GI as providing multiple functions and benefits for urban residents, form part of complex responses to intersectional challenges social injustice inequity, climate change, aging expensive infrastructure, socio-economic change. To date, it is unclear whether city programs address systemic racism inequality. fill this knowledge gap, we coded analyzed 122 formal from 20 US cities examine if how they equity justice three domains: visions, processes, distributions. We find a widespread failure operationalize principles. Only 13% define or justice. 30% recognize that are on Native land. Over 90% do not utilize inclusive processes plan, design, implement, evaluate GI, so target many communities improvements without their consent. Although 80% use manage hazards provide with less than 10% identify causes uneven distributions vulnerability. Even fewer related issues houselessness gentrification. Very few mechanisms build community wealth through new jobs. promising seeds best practices some plan types, but no exemplified all dimensions. If does explicitly comprehensively concerns, may reproduce inequalities meant alleviate. Based our results, identify-three key needs improve current equity. First, clear definitions needed, second, must engage inequality displacement, third, be transformed focus inclusion.

Language: Английский

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Prediction of ecological security patterns based on urban expansion: A case study of Chengdu DOI Creative Commons
Yang Zhao, Li He, Wenqian Bai

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Ecological Indicators, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 158, P. 111467 - 111467

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Urbanisation affects the health and stability of ecosystem significantly. Constructing a scientific ecological security pattern (ESP) is paramount importance for safeguarding ecosystems within region, optimising spaces, ensuring sustainability. To investigate effect urbanisation on ESP, we utilised Vigour–Organisation–Resilience-Services (VORS) model to analyse changes in (EH) identify degraded areas city Chengdu. In this case study. We used Patch-generating Land Use Simulation (PLUS) Model predict urban expansion trends 2035 evaluate changing ESP. Additionally, minimum cumulative resistance (MCR) circuit theory construct an network facilitate multilayer planning identified source area approximately 4484.29 km2 recovery zone 1608.35 managing EH degradation source. An conservation 987.48 with restricted development outside source, restoration 71.66 mitigate impact were also identified. Seven stable corridors consistent spatial patterns pressure levels six potential await restoration. Based analysis dynamic ESPs, different scenarios simulated 2035. The findings suggested significant variations ESP around 2010 despite rapid environment was partially restored by increasing land controlling its contraction. Therefore, limiting boundaries expansion, accurately assessing are crucial security.

Language: Английский

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Benefits and co-benefits of urban green infrastructure for sustainable cities: six current and emerging themes DOI Creative Commons
Prabhasri Herath, Xuemei Bai

Sustainability Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 19(3), P. 1039 - 1063

Published: Feb. 25, 2024

Language: Английский

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Justice in access to urban ecosystem services: A critical review of the literature DOI
Md. Nazmul Haque, Ayyoob Sharifi

Ecosystem Services, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 67, P. 101617 - 101617

Published: March 25, 2024

Language: Английский

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Mapping supply of and demand for ecosystem services to assess environmental justice in New York City DOI Creative Commons
Pablo Herreros‐Cantis, Timon McPhearson

Ecological Applications, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 31(6)

Published: June 18, 2021

Abstract Livability, resilience, and justice in cities are challenged by climate change the historical legacies that together create disproportionate impacts on human communities. Urban green infrastructure has emerged as an important tool for adaptation resilience given their capacity to provide ecosystem services such local temperature regulation, stormwater mitigation, air purification. However, realizing benefits of depend where they locally supplied. Few studies have examined potential spatial mismatches supply demand urban services, even fewer supply–demand a environmental issue, when disproportionately overlap with certain socio‐demographic groups. We spatially analyzed relevant combined results recent analysis New York City (NYC). By quantifying relative mismatch between across city we were able identify hot‐ coldspots mismatch. Hotspots clusters census blocks higher lower values than surrounding blocks. The distribution was then compared Results reveal distributional injustice access climate‐regulating provided NYC. Analyses show areas tend be populated larger proportion white residents median incomes, high incomes people color. suggest policy planning should ensure investments “nature‐based” solutions through do not reinforce or exacerbate potentially existing injustices.

Language: Английский

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Urban tree canopy has greater cooling effects in socially vulnerable communities in the US DOI Creative Commons
Weiqi Zhou, Ganlin Huang, Steward T. A. Pickett

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One Earth, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 4(12), P. 1764 - 1775

Published: Dec. 1, 2021

Cities are home to around half of the global population but face intensified and unevenly distributed heat stresses. Trees utilized adapt urban heat; however, most tree planting is prioritized by either biophysical or social metrics, rather than an integration two. It therefore remains unclear how maximize ecological benefits in context environmental justice. Here, we analyze vulnerability cooling capacity trees across 38 largest cities United States. We find that socially vulnerable people tend live hotter neighborhoods with less canopy. Furthermore, such can achieve greater per unit increase Increasing cover these will meet greatest need for capacity, creating co-benefits. Adaptation measures must address both distributional injustices procedural justice planning managing nature-based approaches.

Language: Английский

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Exploring the influences of different processes of habitat fragmentation on ecosystem services DOI
Dehuan Li, Yixuan Yang, Fan Xia

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Landscape and Urban Planning, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 227, P. 104544 - 104544

Published: Aug. 26, 2022

Language: Английский

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Combined effects of multi-land use decisions and climate change on water-related ecosystem services in Northeast China DOI
Hebin Wang,

Wen J. Wang,

Zhihua Liu

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Journal of Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 315, P. 115131 - 115131

Published: May 2, 2022

Language: Английский

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Mapping ecosystem service supply and demand dynamics under rapid urban expansion: A case study in the Yangtze River Delta of China DOI
Yu Tao, Qin Tao, Xiao Sun

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Ecosystem Services, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 56, P. 101448 - 101448

Published: June 4, 2022

Language: Английский

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Understanding recreational ecosystem service supply-demand mismatch and social groups’ preferences: Implications for urban–rural planning DOI Open Access
Xiao Sun, Hongxiao Liu, Chuan Liao

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Landscape and Urban Planning, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 241, P. 104903 - 104903

Published: Oct. 10, 2023

Language: Английский

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