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Title: Examining the Spatial distribution of Park Access and Trajectories of Gentrification in Seattle, Washington 1990 - 2010

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2016

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Abstract: This dissertation examines the spatial distribution of park access by type in relation to trajectories of gentrification in Seattle from 1990 to 2010. The dissertation includes 5 Chapters. The first chapter provides an overview of the literature that motivated this research. The second, third and fourth chapters are research papers that seek to address the overall question: What is the relationship between park access and trajectories of gentrification? Chapter 5 is an overall conclusion. This study tests how the urban parks, shape the communities around them and focuses on three main objectives: (1) To gain a better understanding of socioeconomic and racial factors that are associated with gentrification in Seattle, Washington, (2) To develop a transferrable approach for assessing trajectories of gentrification in urban areas, and (3) To determine how the spatial distribution of different park types and community investment in parks are associated with gentrification. The research is motivated by the environmental justice literature and seeks to explore issues as they affect where people live and how they interact with parks in a large urban area. Little is known about how environmental amenities such as parks interact with socio-economic and racial characteristics of neighborhoods over time...

Url: http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1957/58802/WeemsCandiceM2016.pdf?sequence=4

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Authors: Weems, Candice M

Institution: Oregon State University

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Publisher Location: Corvallis, Oregon

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Topics: Land Use/Urban Organization, Other

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