eprintid: 4794
rev_number: 5
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datestamp: 2024-11-12 08:43:21
lastmod: 2024-11-12 08:43:21
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type: thesis
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sword_depositor: 1
creators_name: Michon, Koen
creators_id: S4553373
creators_email: Michon.koen@gmail.com
title: Investigating Urban Justice: An Evaluation of Equitable Access to Public Green Spaces
ispublished: unpub
full_text_status: public
abstract: This research investigated urban justice by analyzing the equitable access to public green spaces in neighborhoods of a low, medium and high SES. The equitable access to these public green spaces was analyzed on the basis of ‘objective quantity’ and ‘subjective quality’. For ‘objective quantity’ the research revealed funding disparities based on acreage, highlighting inequities in resource allocation. The municipality's intended modifications of policy in the low SES neighborhood suggest steps to address these disparities, but these measures are still pending completion. Furthermore regarding the ‘subjective quality’, in the survey, significant disparities were revealed in residents' perceptions of neighborhood disadvantage. Selwerd residents, a low SES neighborhood, reported feeling disadvantaged in both quantity and quality. The research concludes for the main research question: 'In what ways does equitable access to green spaces impact urban justice in diverse neighborhoods in Groningen?' that disparities in funding and residents' perceptions of disadvantage highlight the importance of addressing these inequalities for enhanced urban justice. The researcher proposes a more ‘progressive’ funding system for the maintenance and enhancement of public green spaces, focusing more on the total population of a neighborhood instead of total acreage of green space in a neighborhood, alongside the new plans formulated by the municipality...
date: 2024
pages: 28
thesis_type: bachelor
degree_programme: TP
tutors_name: Saleh, M.M.I.M.
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Basiseenheid Planologie
tutors_email: Mohamed.Saleh@rug.nl
security: public
keywords_local: Urban Justice
keywords_local: Equitable Acces
keywords_local: Green space
language_iso: en
date_issued: 2024-11-10
citation:   Michon, Koen  (2024) Investigating Urban Justice: An Evaluation of Equitable Access to Public Green Spaces.  Bachelor thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4794/1/Bachelor-Thesis-THE-DOCUMENT.pdf