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Open Space Access Index for the Southeast United States, Large Park Analysis (2018)

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2018

Citation

Warnell, K., 2020, Open Space Access Index for the Southeast United States, Large Park Analysis (2018): U.S. Geological Survey ScienceBase, https://doi.org/10.21429/k9k5-fz91.

Summary

Publicly accessible open spaces provide valuable opportunities for people to exercise, play, socialize, and build community. People are more likely to use public open spaces that are close (ideally within walking distance) to their homes, and larger open spaces often provide more amenities. To assess the spatial distribution of access to open space for recreation in the southeastern United States, we constructed an index of open space access based on the size of the largest publicly accessible open space of at least 10 acres within 10 miles of each point on the landscape, using three distance categories to represent whether people can reach the open spaces by walking (within 0.5 mile), via a short drive (within 3 miles), or via a longer [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Katherine Warnell, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University
Originator :
Katherine Warnell
Metadata Contact :
Katherine Warnell, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey, GS ScienceBase

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Purpose

This dataset was created as part of a project to identify priority areas for creation of new publicly accessible open space in the southeast United States. The large park open space access index can be used by itself to identify areas with low access to open space (based on distance to open space), but for more formal identification of areas in which new open space would be most beneficial, see the regional priority Census block groups or regional priority county datasets. These can be used to identify where, at the regional level, new open space will provide the greatest benefit in terms of the number of people with increased access to open space. They can also be overlaid with other data sources at the appropriate scale, including other ecosystem service maps , to find areas where conservation would provide multiple benefits. When using these data, please keep in mind that they are designed for landscape-level assessments; due to inaccuracies in the national-scale input datasets, they should not be used to identify specific sites for open space creation without additional local data. This information can be used to identify possible target areas for land conservation to provide access to open space, but field validation of potential project areas is necessary to assess suitability.

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  • National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers
  • Southeast CASC

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