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Nature, race, and parks: past research and future directions for geographic research
Citation
Byrne, J and Wolch, J, Nature, race, and parks: past research and future directions for geographic research, Progress in Human Geography, 33, (6) pp. 743-765. ISSN 0309-1325 (2009) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1177/0309132509103156
Abstract
Geographic research on parks has been wide-ranging but has seldom examined how and why people use parks, leaving these questions to leisure science, which privileges sociodemographic variables over urban socio-spatial explanations (eg, historical, political-economic, and location factors). This article examines recent geographic perspectives on park use, drawing upon environmental justice, cultural landscape, and political ecology paradigms to redirect our attention from park users to a more critical appreciation of the historical, socio-ecological, and political-economic processes that operate through, and in turn shape, park spaces and park-going behaviors. We challenge partial, user-orientated approaches and suggest new directions for geographic research on parks.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | parks, protected areas, race, ethnicity, landscape, policy, cities, nature, environmental justice, political ecology |
Research Division: | Human Society |
Research Group: | Human geography |
Research Field: | Social geography |
Objective Division: | Environmental Management |
Objective Group: | Terrestrial systems and management |
Objective Field: | Evaluation, allocation, and impacts of land use |
UTAS Author: | Byrne, J (Professor Jason Byrne) |
ID Code: | 124364 |
Year Published: | 2009 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 227 |
Deposited By: | Geography and Spatial Science |
Deposited On: | 2018-02-20 |
Last Modified: | 2018-08-27 |
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