Do low-income neighbourhoods have the least green space? : a cross-sectional study of Australia's most populous cities
Abstract
An inequitable distribution of parks and other 'green spaces' could exacerbate health inequalities if people on lower incomes, who are already at greater risk of preventable diseases, have poorer access.
Citation
Astell-Burt , T , Feng , X , Mavoa , S , Badland , H M & Giles-Corti , B 2014 , ' Do low-income neighbourhoods have the least green space? a cross-sectional study of Australia's most populous cities ' , BMC Public Health , vol. 14 , 292 . https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-292
Publication
BMC Public Health
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1471-2458Type
Journal article
Rights
© 2014 Astell-Burt et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited.
Description
Funding: Fellowship, National Heart Foundation of Australia.Collections
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