Using Systematic Observations to Understand Conditions that Promote Interracial Experiences in Neighbourhood Parks
We analysed observations from 31 neighbourhood parks, with each park mapped into smaller target areas for study, across five US cities generated using the System for Observing Play and Recreation in the Community (SOPARC). In areas where at least two people were observed, less than one-third (31.6%)...
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| author | Amy Hillier Bing Han Theodore S. Eisenman Kelly R. Evenson Thomas L. McKenzie Deborah A. Cohen |
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| description | We analysed observations from 31 neighbourhood parks, with each park mapped into smaller target areas for study, across five US cities generated using the System for Observing Play and Recreation in the Community (SOPARC). In areas where at least two people were observed, less than one-third (31.6%) were populated with at least one white and one non-white person. Park areas that were supervised, had one or more people engaged in vigorous activity, had at least one male and one female present, and had one or more teens present were significantly more likely to involve interracial groups (p < 0.01 for each association). Observations in parks located in interracial neighbourhoods were also more likely to involve interracial groups (p < 0.05). Neighbourhood poverty rate had a significant and negative relationship with the presence of interracial groups, particularly in neighbourhoods that are predominantly non-white. Additional research is needed to confirm the impact of these interactions. Urban planning and public health practitioners should consider the health benefits of interracial contact in the design and programming of neighbourhood parks. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7d629996d518402cbe03ab891f542ef92022-12-22T01:21:32ZengCogitatioUrban Planning2183-76352016-12-0114516410.17645/up.v1i4.756417Using Systematic Observations to Understand Conditions that Promote Interracial Experiences in Neighbourhood ParksAmy Hillier0Bing Han1Theodore S. Eisenman2Kelly R. Evenson3Thomas L. McKenzie4Deborah A. Cohen5Department of City & Regional Planning, School of Design, University of Pennsylvania, USARAND Corporation, Santa Monica, USADepartment of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, University of Massachusetts, USADepartment of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill, USAInstitute for Behavioral and Community Health, School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences, San Diego State University, USARAND Corporation, Santa Monica, USAWe analysed observations from 31 neighbourhood parks, with each park mapped into smaller target areas for study, across five US cities generated using the System for Observing Play and Recreation in the Community (SOPARC). In areas where at least two people were observed, less than one-third (31.6%) were populated with at least one white and one non-white person. Park areas that were supervised, had one or more people engaged in vigorous activity, had at least one male and one female present, and had one or more teens present were significantly more likely to involve interracial groups (p < 0.01 for each association). Observations in parks located in interracial neighbourhoods were also more likely to involve interracial groups (p < 0.05). Neighbourhood poverty rate had a significant and negative relationship with the presence of interracial groups, particularly in neighbourhoods that are predominantly non-white. Additional research is needed to confirm the impact of these interactions. Urban planning and public health practitioners should consider the health benefits of interracial contact in the design and programming of neighbourhood parks.https://www.cogitatiopress.com/urbanplanning/article/view/756Intergroup Contact Theoryinterracial contactparks and recreationSOPARCurban parks |
| spellingShingle | Amy Hillier Bing Han Theodore S. Eisenman Kelly R. Evenson Thomas L. McKenzie Deborah A. Cohen Using Systematic Observations to Understand Conditions that Promote Interracial Experiences in Neighbourhood Parks Urban Planning Intergroup Contact Theory interracial contact parks and recreation SOPARC urban parks |
| title | Using Systematic Observations to Understand Conditions that Promote Interracial Experiences in Neighbourhood Parks |
| title_full | Using Systematic Observations to Understand Conditions that Promote Interracial Experiences in Neighbourhood Parks |
| title_fullStr | Using Systematic Observations to Understand Conditions that Promote Interracial Experiences in Neighbourhood Parks |
| title_full_unstemmed | Using Systematic Observations to Understand Conditions that Promote Interracial Experiences in Neighbourhood Parks |
| title_short | Using Systematic Observations to Understand Conditions that Promote Interracial Experiences in Neighbourhood Parks |
| title_sort | using systematic observations to understand conditions that promote interracial experiences in neighbourhood parks |
| topic | Intergroup Contact Theory interracial contact parks and recreation SOPARC urban parks |
| url | https://www.cogitatiopress.com/urbanplanning/article/view/756 |
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