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Lack of access to a park is a ‘dangerous disparity’ facing nonwhite and low-income communities, new study shows – Business Insider Australia
Amid rising temperatures and low access to recreational activities in the coronavirus pandemic, parks are considered an important retreat for many communities. But due to the unequal access to parks communities of colour and low-income neighbourhoods may be p…
- A new study by The Trust for Public Land shows that parks serving majority nonwhite neighbourhoods are half the size and five times crowded as those that serve primarily white neighbourhoods.
- The study also found “parks serving majority low-income households” were four-times more crowded than parks in wealthy neighbourhoods.
- Parks are “nature’s cooling centres,” the report said. As temperatures soar and activity is limited amid the coronavirus pandemic, the stud…
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