Equity, influence, and access: Central Park's role in historical and contemporary urban park financing

Dorceta E. Taylor

Environment and Social Justice: An International Perspective

ISBN: 978-0-85724-183-2, eISBN: 978-0-85724-184-9

ISSN: 0196-1152

Publication date: 6 September 2010

Abstract

Originality/value – The chapter raises questions about equity in the shift toward the private financing of urban parks. It extends the environmental justice discourse to examine open space issues. It examines long-term historical trends in helping the reader understand the contemporary state of urban park financing.

Citation

Taylor, D. (2010), "Equity, influence, and access: Central Park's role in historical and contemporary urban park financing", Taylor, D. (Ed.) Environment and Social Justice: An International Perspective (Research in Social Problems and Public Policy, Vol. 18), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Bingley, pp. 29-73. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0196-1152(2010)0000018004

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