Advancing research on urban greenspace experiences and perceptions in disadvantaged communities: A social housing perspective

《Advancing research on urban greenspace experiences and perceptions in disadvantaged communities: A social housing perspective》

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作者: Camilo Ordóñez;Melissa A. Wheeler;Katrina Raynor;Laura Panza;Harry Seely;Mladen Adamovic

作者单位: School of Ecosystem and Forest Science, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne, Australia;Departmeng of Geography, Geomatics and Environment, University of Toronto, Canada;School of Business, Law, and Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia;Melbourne School of Design, The University of Melbourne, Australia;Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of Melbourne, Australia;Department of Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada;King's Business School, King's College London, Monash University, Australia;School of Ecosystem and Forest Science, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne, Australia;Departmeng of Geography, Geomatics and Environment, University of Toronto, Canada;School of Business, Law, and Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia;Melbourne School of Design, The University of Melbourne, Australia;Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of Melbourne, Australia;Department of Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada;King's Business School, King's College London, Monash University, Australia

摘要: Empirical assessments of the experiences and perceptions of urban green space (UGS) in a social housing context are scant. Studying UGS perception in these contexts is important to understand how people experience and derive benefits from UGS in disadvantaged communities. This short communication provides interdisciplinary and methodological guidance on how to conduct empirical assessment of UGS experience and perception in social housing neighborhoods. For conducting these types of studies, we suggest researchers go beyond simply calculating UGS abundance around communities and consider assessing UGS experiences and perceptions. We suggest designing studies that account for the mixed nature of many social housing communities and that develop useful UGS perception measures that can be associated with wellbeing and community indicators. Finally, we also recommend: (1) designing studies at the local scale and developing strong relationsihps with the social housing communities before and while conducting these studies; (2) considering safety as a key component of UGS perception measures; (3) considering the association between UGS perception measures and wellbeing and community experience indicators to strengthen existing models of UGS benefit provision.