气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Nature inequity and higher COVID-19 case rates in less-green neighbourhoods in the United States

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DOI	10.1038/s41893-021-00781-9
	Nature inequity and higher COVID-19 case rates in less-green neighbourhoods in the United States
	Spotswood E.N.; Benjamin M.; Stoneburner L.; Wheeler M.M.; Beller E.E.; Balk D.; McPhearson T.; Kuo M.; McDonald R.I.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	2398-9629
起始页码	1092
结束页码	1098
卷号	4 期号:12
英文摘要	Urban nature—such as greenness and parks—can alleviate distress and provide space for safe recreation during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, nature is often less available in low-income populations and communities of colour—the same communities hardest hit by COVID-19. In analyses of two datasets, we quantified inequity in greenness and park proximity across all urbanized areas in the United States and linked greenness and park access to COVID-19 case rates for ZIP codes in 17 states. Areas with majority persons of colour had both higher case rates and less greenness. Furthermore, when controlling for sociodemographic variables, an increase of 0.1 in the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index was associated with a 4.1% decrease in COVID-19 incidence rates (95% confidence interval: 0.9–6.8%). Across the United States, block groups with lower income and majority persons of colour are less green and have fewer parks. Our results demonstrate that the communities most impacted by COVID-19 also have the least nature nearby. Given that urban nature is associated with both human health and biodiversity, these results have far-reaching implications both during and beyond the pandemic. © 2021, The Author(s).
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Biodiversity; Color; Block group; Confidence interval; Human health; Incidence rate; Low incomes; Neighbourhood; Normalized difference vegetation index; Socio-demographic variables; Urbanized area; Parks
来源期刊	Nature Sustainability
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/249700
作者单位	San Francisco Estuary Institute, Richmond, CA, United States; Real Estate & Workplace Services Sustainability Team, Google, Mountain View, CA, United States; Institute of Demographic Research, City University of New York (CUNY), New York, NY, United States; Marxe School of Public & International Affairs, Baruch College, CUNY, New York, NY, United States; Urban Systems Lab, The New School, New York, NY, United States; Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY, United States; Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, United States; The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Spotswood E.N.,Benjamin M.,Stoneburner L.,et al. Nature inequity and higher COVID-19 case rates in less-green neighbourhoods in the United States[J],2021,4(12).
APA	Spotswood E.N..,Benjamin M..,Stoneburner L..,Wheeler M.M..,Beller E.E..,...&McDonald R.I..(2021).Nature inequity and higher COVID-19 case rates in less-green neighbourhoods in the United States.Nature Sustainability,4(12).
MLA	Spotswood E.N.,et al."Nature inequity and higher COVID-19 case rates in less-green neighbourhoods in the United States".Nature Sustainability 4.12(2021).