CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2017
| Author | Ayoub, Hadil J.S. |
|---|---|
| Title | Environmental Justice and Urban Green Spaces: The Case of Morningside Park in New York City |
| Summary | Urban green spaces have positive impacts on human physical and mental health. They also support social ties, and strengthen community relations. Because of these benefits, urban green spaces are considered an environmental amenity, and an environmental justice issue. However, the research around urban green spaces as an environmental justice issue has thus far focused on distributive justice as measured by access to urban green spaces. Research on urban green spaces has rarely considered the two other aspects of environmental justice, which are recognition and respect, and participation in the decision making. This research aims to address this gap by investigating how environmental justice in the context of urban green spaces can be conceptualized when access is not a major factor. The research explores the specific case study of Morningside Park in New York City. Through archival research and semi-structured interviews, the research points to four factors that contribute to the role parks play in serving environmental justice. These factors are: history, institutional context, perceptions and use of the park. Rather than relating to the distributive aspect of environmental justice, these factors are analyzed through the aspects of recognition, and participation in the decision making. One recommendation is for future research to take these factors, as well as the other aspects of environmental justice, into account when studying urban green spaces as an environmental justice issue. |
| Supervisor | Steger, Tamara |
| Department | Environment Sciences and Policy MSc |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2017/ayoub_hadil.pdf |
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