The (in)justice of urban green spaces in Hatert - A case study on the accessability of green spaces and its mental health benefits in Hatert using an environmental justice approachD
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2023-12-22
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Urban green spaces can provide lots of benefits, not only for the environment, but also for mental health and wellbeing. However, an inequality exists in the distribution of such green spaces. Not everyone has equal access, especially low socio-economic neighbourhoods are disadvantaged. This is a problem since these people are more likely to suffer from mental health problems. Therefore the goal of this thesis is to see, in the neighbourhood Hatert of Nijmegen, if urban green spaces are being benefitted in a just way, so the mental health benefits of these green spaces are accessible to all people including the poor and the marginalized. Four semi-structured interviews and observations in Hatert were conducted. The findings show that even though Hatert is a green neighbourhood three main issues arise: not every resident is included in the urban greening process, not everyone wants to use the green spaces and not all the different needs are really acted upon. The will of the municipality of Nijmegen is there to create accessible green spaces for everyone but this is not carried out as well as it is on paper. Therefore the mental health benefits of these urban green spaces are not accessible for all.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen