Mapping the distributive environmental justice of urban waters
In this paper, we identify patterns of distributive environmental justice in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area (HMA) in terms of spatial proximity of urban waters, as a potential provider of a diverse set of environmental goods and well-being. Our focus is on the question how equally these benefits are...
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Geographical Society of Finland
2018-05-01
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| author | Arto Viinikka Riikka Paloniemi Timo Assmuth |
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| description | In this paper, we identify patterns of distributive environmental justice in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area (HMA) in terms of spatial proximity of urban waters, as a potential provider of a diverse set of environmental goods and well-being. Our focus is on the question how equally these benefits are distributed in HMA? To answer this we apply a GIS-based clustering analysis with spatial statistics to map the good and deprived access of different socio-economic and demographic groups to urban blue. We use income, education, language and age as factors to delineate residential areas and found not only differences in how various population groups are located in the four different municipalities of the HMA, but also differences in group distances to the nearest water areas. Results show that high income and high educational background, Swedish language and high age are factors more frequently related to living closer to water areas. At the same time, children, foreigners, and people having lower economic status tend to live further away from urban blue. This is important knowledge to be integrated into urban planning. The recognition of lacking opportunities suggests more consideration towards these aforementioned population groups to reduce inequality and to ensure just distribution of accessible and usable urban nature in the HMA. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e63c92a5130844fc83a3cd9c88ed0b112022-12-21T23:47:19ZengGeographical Society of FinlandFennia: International Journal of Geography1798-56172018-05-01196110.11143/fennia.64137Mapping the distributive environmental justice of urban watersArto Viinikka0Riikka PaloniemiTimo AssmuthFinnish Environment Institute (SYKE)In this paper, we identify patterns of distributive environmental justice in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area (HMA) in terms of spatial proximity of urban waters, as a potential provider of a diverse set of environmental goods and well-being. Our focus is on the question how equally these benefits are distributed in HMA? To answer this we apply a GIS-based clustering analysis with spatial statistics to map the good and deprived access of different socio-economic and demographic groups to urban blue. We use income, education, language and age as factors to delineate residential areas and found not only differences in how various population groups are located in the four different municipalities of the HMA, but also differences in group distances to the nearest water areas. Results show that high income and high educational background, Swedish language and high age are factors more frequently related to living closer to water areas. At the same time, children, foreigners, and people having lower economic status tend to live further away from urban blue. This is important knowledge to be integrated into urban planning. The recognition of lacking opportunities suggests more consideration towards these aforementioned population groups to reduce inequality and to ensure just distribution of accessible and usable urban nature in the HMA.https://fennia.journal.fi/article/view/64137 |
| spellingShingle | Arto Viinikka Riikka Paloniemi Timo Assmuth Mapping the distributive environmental justice of urban waters Fennia: International Journal of Geography |
| title | Mapping the distributive environmental justice of urban waters |
| title_full | Mapping the distributive environmental justice of urban waters |
| title_fullStr | Mapping the distributive environmental justice of urban waters |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mapping the distributive environmental justice of urban waters |
| title_short | Mapping the distributive environmental justice of urban waters |
| title_sort | mapping the distributive environmental justice of urban waters |
| url | https://fennia.journal.fi/article/view/64137 |
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