Contrasting inequality in human exposure to greenspace between cities of Global North and Global South

Bin Chen; Shengbiao Wu; Yimeng Song; Chris Webster; Bing Xu; Peng Gong

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-32258-4

Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Contrasting inequality in human exposure to greenspace between cities of Global North and Global South

Bin Chen,
Shengbiao Wu,
Yimeng Song,
Chris Webster,
Bing Xu,
Peng Gong

Affiliations

Bin Chen: Future Urbanity & Sustainable Environment (FUSE) Lab, Division of Landscape Architecture, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong
Shengbiao Wu: Future Urbanity & Sustainable Environment (FUSE) Lab, Division of Landscape Architecture, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong
Yimeng Song: School of the Environment, Yale University
Chris Webster: Urban Systems Institute, The University of Hong Kong
Bing Xu: Department of Earth System Science, Ministry of Education Ecological Field Station for East Asian Migratory Birds, and Institute for Global Change Studies, Tsinghua University
Peng Gong: Urban Systems Institute, The University of Hong Kong

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32258-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Through an analysis of global differences in human exposure to greenspace, a new study identifies a contrasting pattern of greenspace exposure between Global South and North cities and finds seasonal variations in greenspace exposure inequality.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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