Social media analysis reveals environmental injustices in Philadelphia urban parks
| Author(s) | Walter, Matthew | |
| Author(s) | Bagozzi, Benjamin E. | |
| Author(s) | Ajibade, Idowu | |
| Author(s) | Mondal, Pinki | |
| Date Accessioned | 2023-11-07T20:13:20Z | |
| Date Available | 2023-11-07T20:13:20Z | |
| Publication Date | 2023-08-03 | |
| Description | This article was originally published in Scientific Reports. The version of record is available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39579-4. © The Author(s) 2023. This article was featured in UDaily on October 3, 2023: https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2023/september/philadelphia-parks-rating-social-media-equality/ | |
| Abstract | The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 11.7 calls for access to safe and inclusive green spaces for all communities. Yet, historical residential segregation in the USA has resulted in poor quality urban parks near neighborhoods with primarily disadvantaged socioeconomic status groups, and an extensive park system that addresses the needs of primarily White middle-class residents. Here we center the voices of historically marginalized urban residents by using Natural Language Processing and Geographic Information Science to analyze a large dataset (n = 143,913) of Google Map reviews from 2011 to 2022 across 285 parks in the City of Philadelphia, USA. We find that parks in neighborhoods with a high number of residents from historically disadvantaged demographic groups are likely to receive lower scores on Google Maps. Physical characteristics of these parks based on aerial and satellite images and ancillary data corroborate the public perception of park quality. Topic modeling of park reviews reveal that the diverse environmental justice needs of historically marginalized communities must be met to reduce the uneven park quality—a goal in line with achieving SDG 11 by 2030. | |
| Sponsor | This work was supported by the NASA Delaware Space Grant College and Fellowship Program (80NSSC20M0045). | |
| Citation | Walter, M., Bagozzi, B.E., Ajibade, I. et al. Social media analysis reveals environmental injustices in Philadelphia urban parks. Sci Rep 13, 12571 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39579-4 | |
| ISSN | 2045-2322 | |
| URL | https://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/33613 | |
| Language | en_US | |
| Publisher | Scientific Reports | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| Keywords | environmental impact | |
| Keywords | socioeconomic scenarios | |
| Keywords | sustainability | |
| Keywords | urban ecology | |
| Title | Social media analysis reveals environmental injustices in Philadelphia urban parks | |
| Type | Article |
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