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作者

Samantha L. Powers;Nicole Webster;Jennifer P. Agans;Alan R. Graefe;Andrew J. Mowen

来源

URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING,Vol.69,Issue1,Article 127517

语言

英文

关键字

Equity;Inclusion;Intergroup contact;Public space;Social justice;Urban greenspace

作者单位

Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management, The Pennsylvania State University- Abington, Abington, PA, United States;Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States;Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States;Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management, The Pennsylvania State University- Abington, Abington, PA, United States;Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States;Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States

摘要

Urban parks have been touted as spaces of diversity and democracy that have the potential to foster interracial contact among racially and ethnically diverse visitors. However, the extent to which they facilitate interracial contact and the factors related to contact are less understood. Using a quantitative panel study of racially and ethnically diverse U.S. urban residents (n = 931), this study investigated the influence of community diversity, motivations to visit parks, perceived engagement and representation, safety, and sense of welcome and belonging on interracial contact in urban parks. Results demonstrated more frequent and positive interracial contact when individuals perceived a greater sense of welcome and belonging and when they perceived more equitable engagement and representation. These results suggest that urban park agencies seeking to increase sense of welcome and belonging or frequency of positive interracial contact should focus on engagement and representation (as reflected through inclusive programs and events, input in decision making, and representation of racial and ethnic diversity) and safety.