Advancing research on urban greenspace experiences and perceptions in disadvantaged communities: A social housing perspective

Camilo Ordóñez; Melissa A. Wheeler; Katrina Raynor; Laura Panza; Harry Seely; Mladen Adamovic

doi:10.1016/j.ufug.2022.127754

Advancing research on urban greenspace experiences and perceptions in disadvantaged communities: A social housing perspective

Camilo Ordóñez^*, Melissa A. Wheeler, Katrina Raynor, Laura Panza, Harry Seely, Mladen Adamovic

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Abstract

Empirical assessments of the experiences and perceptions of urban green space (UGS) in a social housing context are scant. Studying UGS perception in these contexts is important to understand how people experience and derive benefits from UGS in disadvantaged communities. This short communication provides interdisciplinary and methodological guidance on how to conduct empirical assessment of UGS experience and perception in social housing neighborhoods. For conducting these types of studies, we suggest researchers go beyond simply calculating UGS abundance around communities and consider assessing UGS experiences and perceptions. We suggest designing studies that account for the mixed nature of many social housing communities and that develop useful UGS perception measures that can be associated with wellbeing and community indicators. Finally, we also recommend: (1) designing studies at the local scale and developing strong relationsihps with the social housing communities before and while conducting these studies; (2) considering safety as a key component of UGS perception measures; (3) considering the association between UGS perception measures and wellbeing and community experience indicators to strengthen existing models of UGS benefit provision.

Original language	English
Article number	127754
Journal	Urban Forestry and Urban Greening
Volume	77
Early online date	13 Oct 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2022.127754
Publication status	Published - Nov 2022

Keywords

Community attitudes
Environmental attitudes
Environmental equity
Green infrastructure
Public housing
Urban greening

UN SDGs

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Advancing research on urban greenspace experiences and perceptions in disadvantaged communities: A social housing perspective

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