Public participation GIS can help assess multiple dimensions of environmental justice in urban green and blue space planning
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Public participation GIS can help assess multiple dimensions of environmental justice in urban green and blue space planning. / Korpilo, Silviya; Kaaronen, Roope Oskari; Olafsson, Anton Stahl; Raymond, Christopher Mark.
In: Applied Geography, Vol. 148, 102794, 2022.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Public participation GIS can help assess multiple dimensions of environmental justice in urban green and blue space planning
AU - Korpilo, Silviya
AU - Kaaronen, Roope Oskari
AU - Olafsson, Anton Stahl
AU - Raymond, Christopher Mark
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - In the last two decades, there has been an exponential increase in application of public participation GIS (PPGIS) methods to urban green and blue space (UGBS) planning. However, integrating different elements of environmental justice in PPGIS research is still in its infancy, especially in regards to the deep and less visible issues related to recognition and participation of different groups in local green space planning and management. Here we present a new method for assessing perceived recognition and procedural justice with respect to UGBS in the Amager island of Copenhagen, Denmark. We collected survey data together with 2187 place-based values and preferences from 298 local residents. Using Exploratory Factor Analysis, we classified respondents in four clusters representing low to high perceived recognition and procedural justice. We then examined how these clusters relate to socio-demographics and the spatial distribution of mapped values and preferences. Results indicated no significant differences in terms of income and age between clusters. However, there was clear variation in the spatial distribution and type of values and preferences respondents from different clusters assigned, particularly for those who feel unrecognized and do not participate in local environmental decision-making compared to all other groups. In addition, gender had a significant effect on the perceptions of recognition and procedure. Female respondents scored lower on procedural justice than male and mapped landscape values and preferences closer to home than males, thus suggesting that gender inequalities can be deeply embedded in everyday public spaces and practices. Planning inclusive and environmentally just UGBS requires not only incorporating such gender perspectives, but a more flexible, intersectional and relational understanding of space that reflects the everyday needs of different and marginalized groups.
AB - In the last two decades, there has been an exponential increase in application of public participation GIS (PPGIS) methods to urban green and blue space (UGBS) planning. However, integrating different elements of environmental justice in PPGIS research is still in its infancy, especially in regards to the deep and less visible issues related to recognition and participation of different groups in local green space planning and management. Here we present a new method for assessing perceived recognition and procedural justice with respect to UGBS in the Amager island of Copenhagen, Denmark. We collected survey data together with 2187 place-based values and preferences from 298 local residents. Using Exploratory Factor Analysis, we classified respondents in four clusters representing low to high perceived recognition and procedural justice. We then examined how these clusters relate to socio-demographics and the spatial distribution of mapped values and preferences. Results indicated no significant differences in terms of income and age between clusters. However, there was clear variation in the spatial distribution and type of values and preferences respondents from different clusters assigned, particularly for those who feel unrecognized and do not participate in local environmental decision-making compared to all other groups. In addition, gender had a significant effect on the perceptions of recognition and procedure. Female respondents scored lower on procedural justice than male and mapped landscape values and preferences closer to home than males, thus suggesting that gender inequalities can be deeply embedded in everyday public spaces and practices. Planning inclusive and environmentally just UGBS requires not only incorporating such gender perspectives, but a more flexible, intersectional and relational understanding of space that reflects the everyday needs of different and marginalized groups.
KW - Participatory mapping
KW - Environmental justice
KW - Social values
KW - Procedural justice
KW - Recognition justice
KW - Distributional justice
KW - Green spaces
KW - Nature-based solutions
U2 - 10.1016/j.apgeog.2022.102794
DO - 10.1016/j.apgeog.2022.102794
M3 - Journal article
VL - 148
JO - Applied Geography
JF - Applied Geography
SN - 0143-6228
M1 - 102794
ER -
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