Who benefits from neighborhood parks?
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The researchers used restricted-access, individual-level data housed in the Wasatch Front Research Data Center. In addition to analyzing which Americans’ live walking-distance to parks across major race and ethnicity categories, the study is the first to assess different access within those groups based on national and Tribal origin. The findings revealed previously unseen national patterns of unequal access to greenspaces.
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