The role of informal green spaces in reducing inequalities in urban green space availability to children and seniors

• Published in: Environmental science & policy Vol. 108; pp. 144 - 154
• Main Authors: Sikorska, Daria, Łaszkiewicz, Edyta, Krauze, Kinga, Sikorski, Piotr
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2020
• Subjects: agricultural land; children; cities; ecosystem services; elderly; Environmental justice; forests; grasslands; green infrastructure; issues and policy; normalized difference vegetation index; parks; Recreation; residential housing; Spatial analysis; Spontaneous vegetation; transportation; Unmanaged greenery; urban areas; Urban ecosystem services; Urban planning; Urban ecosystem services; Urban planning; Recreation; Spontaneous vegetation; Spatial analysis; Environmental justice; Unmanaged greenery

•Residents in both Warsaw and Łódź are subject to unequal accessibility to urban green spaces.•The greenery associated with transportation routes, multi-family housing and agriculture have the greatest potential to complement formal UGS.•In Łódź, it is children who are most disadvantaged in terms of...