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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.