Green infrastructure can limit but not solve air pollution injustice
Outdoor air pollution contributes to millions of deaths worldwide yet air pollution has differential exposures across racial/ethnic groups and socioeconomic status. While green infrastructure has the potential to decrease air pollution and provide other benefits to human health, vegetation alone can...
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| author | Viniece Jennings Colleen E. Reid Christina H. Fuller |
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| description | Outdoor air pollution contributes to millions of deaths worldwide yet air pollution has differential exposures across racial/ethnic groups and socioeconomic status. While green infrastructure has the potential to decrease air pollution and provide other benefits to human health, vegetation alone cannot resolve health disparities related to air pollution injustice. We discuss how unequal access to green infrastructure can limit air quality improvements for marginalized communities and provide strategies to move forward. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a6e1d632d87b4b4f9e1e54553af631742022-12-21T19:25:58ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232021-08-011211410.1038/s41467-021-24892-1Green infrastructure can limit but not solve air pollution injusticeViniece Jennings0Colleen E. Reid1Christina H. Fuller2Department of Public Health, Agnes Scott CollegeGeography Department, University of Colorado BoulderDepartment of Population Health Sciences, Georgia State University School of Public HealthOutdoor air pollution contributes to millions of deaths worldwide yet air pollution has differential exposures across racial/ethnic groups and socioeconomic status. While green infrastructure has the potential to decrease air pollution and provide other benefits to human health, vegetation alone cannot resolve health disparities related to air pollution injustice. We discuss how unequal access to green infrastructure can limit air quality improvements for marginalized communities and provide strategies to move forward.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24892-1 |
| spellingShingle | Viniece Jennings Colleen E. Reid Christina H. Fuller Green infrastructure can limit but not solve air pollution injustice Nature Communications |
| title | Green infrastructure can limit but not solve air pollution injustice |
| title_full | Green infrastructure can limit but not solve air pollution injustice |
| title_fullStr | Green infrastructure can limit but not solve air pollution injustice |
| title_full_unstemmed | Green infrastructure can limit but not solve air pollution injustice |
| title_short | Green infrastructure can limit but not solve air pollution injustice |
| title_sort | green infrastructure can limit but not solve air pollution injustice |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24892-1 |
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