Attached to or bound to a place? The impact of green space availability on residential duration: The environmental justice perspective

Edyta Łaszkiewicz, Jakub Kronenberg and Szymon Marcińczak

Ecosystem Services, 2018, vol. 30, issue PB, 309-317

Abstract: Socioeconomic inequalities in residential duration may be a reflection of uneven opportunities to develop place attachment thanks to green space availability. This article evaluates the impact of urban green space availability on residential duration, and shows that this impact varies among socioeconomic groups. We used an econometric model to study relationships between geolocalized residential quality survey data and the objective measure of spatial availability of urban green spaces in Lodz, Poland. The results indicate that the length of residential duration of the wealthier residents is not affected by the availability of nearby green space, while the length of residential duration of the less socioeconomically privileged residents is affected negatively by the availability of nearby green space. The abovementioned findings may be a signal of unequal opportunities to develop a relationship with the residents’ place of living thanks to the availability of green spaces. Interestingly, inequalities related to residential duration, and their linkages with the strength of place attachment are less explored in the literature, compared to uneven access to other environmental benefits. This study supplements the traditional perspective of environmental justice with the context of residential duration and place attachment.

Keywords: Residence duration; Place attachment; Urban green space; Environmental justice; Eco-gentrification; Cultural ecosystem services (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.10.002

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