Relationship between neighbourhood socioeconomic position and neighbourhood public green space availability: An environmental inequality analysis in a large German city applying generalized linear models

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作者
Schuele, Steffen Andreas [1 ,2 ]
Gabriel, Katharina M. A. [1 ,2 ]
Bolte, Gabriele [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Bremen, Inst Publ Hlth & Nursing Res, Dept Social Epidemiol, Bremen, Germany
[2] Univ Bremen, Hlth Sci Bremen, Bremen, Germany
关键词
Green space; Neighbourhood; Environmental justice; Generalized linear models; Health inequalities; Environmental inequalities; PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; CHILD HEALTH; DISPARITIES; JUSTICE; PARKS; ASSOCIATION; RESOURCES; CONTEXT; OBESITY;
D O I
10.1016/j.ijheh.2017.02.006
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
Background: The environmental justice framework states that besides environmental burdens also resources may be social unequally distributed both on the individual and on the neighbourhood level. This ecological study investigated whether neighbourhood socioeconomic position (SEP) was associated with neighbourhood public green space availability in a large German city with more than 1 million inhabitants. Methods: Two different measures were defined for green space availability. Firstly, percentage of green space within neighbourhoods was calculated with the additional consideration of various buffers around the boundaries. Secondly, percentage of green space was calculated based on various radii around the neighbourhood centroid. An index of neighbourhood SEP was calculated with principal component analysis. Log-gamma regression from the group of generalized linear models was applied in order to consider the non-normal distribution of the response variable. All models were adjusted for population density. Results: Low neighbourhood SEP was associated with decreasing neighbourhood green space availability including 200 m up to 1000 m buffers around the neighbourhood boundaries. Low neighbourhood SEP was also associated with decreasing green space availability based on catchment areas measured from neighbourhood centroids with different radii (1000m up to 3000 m). With an increasing radius the strength of the associations decreased. Conclusions: Social unequally distributed green space may amplify environmental health inequalities in an urban context. Thus, the identification of vulnerable neighbourhoods and population groups plays an important role for epidemiological research and healthy city planning. As a methodical aspect, log-gamma regression offers an adequate parametric modelling strategy for positively distributed environmental variables. (C) 2017 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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