Approach to Urban Environmental Justice Using Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis. The Case of Valencia’s Monumental Trees

Alfonso Gallego-Valadés, Francisco Ródenas-Rigla and Jorge Garcés-Ferrer
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Alfonso Gallego-Valadés: Polibienestar Research Institute, University of Valencia, Carrer del Serpis, 29, 46022 Valencia, Spain
Francisco Ródenas-Rigla: Polibienestar Research Institute, University of Valencia, Carrer del Serpis, 29, 46022 Valencia, Spain
Jorge Garcés-Ferrer: Polibienestar Research Institute, University of Valencia, Carrer del Serpis, 29, 46022 Valencia, Spain

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 18, 1-15

Abstract: Environmental justice has been a relevant object of analysis in recent decades. The generation of patterns in the spatial distribution of urban trees has been a widely addressed issue in the literature. However, the spatial distribution of monumental trees still constitutes an unknown object of study. The aim of this paper was to analyse the spatial distribution of the monumental-tree heritage in the city of Valencia, using Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA) methods, in relation to different population groups and to discuss some implications in terms of environmental justice, from the public-policy perspective. The results show that monumental trees are spatially concentrated in high-income neighbourhoods, and this fact represents an indicator of environmental inequality. This diagnosis can provide support for decision-making on this matter.

Keywords: environmental justice; urban trees; spatial distribution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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