Using a GIS-based network analysis to determine urban greenspace accessibility for different ethnic and religious groups

Flashcards about using GIS to determine urban greenspace accessibility.

What is Leicester?

A city in the English Midlands where greenspace access was analyzed in relation to ethnic and religious trends.

What does the term 'greenspace' signify in this study?

Natural greenspaces in an urban context.

What does urban greenspace include, according to the definition used in the study?

Parks, allotments, nature reserves, and corridors along river banks.

What is the purpose of Accessible Natural Greenspace Standards (ANGSt)?

Evaluating the provision of and access to natural places.

What is the recommendation of the UK government guidance on open space provision?

There should be at least 2 ha of accessible natural greenspace per 1000 population.

What does the ANGSt model specify regarding guidelines for greenspace access provision?

No person should live more than 300 m from their nearest area of natural greenspace of at least 2 ha in size.

What important environmental facilities do Greenspaces provide?

They are a highly valued contact with nature and offer health benefits.

What did Mackenzie and Paget conclude regarding the relationship that ethnic minorities have with the environment?

They should be confident that they are participating fully in a society that included the ‘environment’, countryside recreation and rural culture.

What did Gobster find in his examination of the patterns and preferences in greenspace use amongst different ethnic groups in Chicago?

Ethnic minority users of greenspace traveled larger distances but visited them less frequently than white greenspace users.

According to Aygeman, what is the result of tensions between ethnic minorities in Britain and the environmental movement?

Ethnic minorities in Britain are routinely short-changed by a systematic indifference to their environmental and planning needs, resulting in an image of environmentalism and the countryside as an exclusive white space.

What are the keywords associated with the study?

GIS, network analysis, ethnicity, religion, and urban planning.

What is used to model new greenspace developments and quantify the value of different greenspaces?

GIS tools and techniques.

What questions did this study address in relation to the provision of accessible greenspace in Leicester?

How is greenspace access related to ethnicity? How accessible are greenspaces for different religious groups? Which areas need to have greenspace provision enhanced?

What is the ethnic makeup of Leicester's population according to the 2001 census?

The 2001 census estimated that 36% of Leicester’s population to be from an ethnic minority background with 30% having an Asian background.

What type of greenspace data was included for analysis in this study?

Parks and public gardens, green corridors, local nature reserves, surviving urban commons, spinneys, sites of importance for nature conservation and washland areas.

What does Figure 1 illustrate?

The proportions of different ethnic groups in Leicester.

What does Figure 2 illustrate?

The distribution of the major religious groups in Leicester.

How does Leicester fare in greenspace provision per capita?

Taking this as a simple statement of greenspace provision per capita population using the data analysed, Leicester does very well as there is almost double the amount of greenspace land.

What definition of greenspace does this study adhere to?

The definition of greenspace is from the typology of urban greenspace for the UK defined by the Urban Green Spaces Task Force (2002)

According to the study, what gap exists in the current urban planning literature?

There has been no work that has quantified greenspace access for different ethnic and religious groups