Urban Farm DB
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Database research record2017·Global

Urban parks, gardens and greenspace

Jason Byrne

Urban Farm DB summary

Research on urban greenspace, including parks, gardens, and green infrastructure, consistently demonstrates that marginalized and vulnerable communities have less access to these areas. This chapter overviews environmental injustice research on urban greenspace, examining debates and challenges for researchers and policymakers, and highlighting issues like climate injustice and food insecurity related to environmental inequality.