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Nature, race, and parks: past research and future directions for geographic research

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Byrne, Jason, Wolch, Jennifer·2009·Progress in Human Geography

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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 socio-demographic 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.

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Authors
Byrne, J., & Wolch, J.
Venue
Progress in Human Geography
Published
2009-03-13
Volume
33
Issue
6
Pages
743-765
ISSN
  • 0309-1325 (ISSN-L)
  • 1477-0288
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W2150143329
Cited by
559
References
5
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8.50
Type
journal article
Language
en
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