Contrasting inequality in human exposure to greenspace between cities of Global North and Global South

The United Nations specified the need for "providing universal access to greenspace for urban residents" in the 11th Sustainable Development Goal. Yet, how far we are from this goal remains unclear. Here, we develop a methodology incorporating fine-resolution population and greenspace mappings and use the results for 2020 to elucidate global differences in human exposure to greenspace. We identify a contrasting difference of greenspace exposure between Global South and North cities. Global South cities experience only one third of the greenspace exposure level of Global North cities. Greenspace exposure inequality (Gini: 0.47) in Global South cities is nearly twice that of Global North cities (Gini: 0.27). We…

• NN
  National Natural Science Foundation of China

  Awards: 42090015, 42071400, 72091514
• UO
  University of Hong Kong

  Award: HKU-100