"Equità negli Spazi Verdi Urbani: un'analisi multidimensionale del caso studio di Taranto"

Francesca Ardito, Et al.

Abstract


Il valore degli Spazi Verdi Urbani (SVU) per il benessere e la salute umana è ampiamente riconosciuto; pertanto, a livello mondiale vengono intraprese azioni per incrementare il numero degli spazi verdi e la loro qualità. Questo concetto è centrale nel contesto della giustizia ambientale, intesa come lotta per garantire un ambiente sano ed equo per tutte le comunità e l’accesso per tutti i cittadini ai benefici ambientali. Sebbene a livello internazionale siano stati condotti diversi studi sulla giustizia distributiva degli SVU, in Italia questo argomento è stato ancora poco esplorato. Abbiamo, pertanto, proposto un caso di studio relativo alla città di Taranto, in quanto sito d’interesse per la presenza contestuale di una infrastruttura verde e di elevati livelli di inquinamento collegati all’attività industriale. L’obiettivo è stato quello di valutare la giustizia distributiva degli SVU come indicatore multidimensionale che possa incorporare parametri quali quantità, qualità, accesso e distanza percorsa per visitare un’area verde. I risultati ottenuti hanno evidenziato che le popolazioni relative a quartieri con minore valore residenziale e quindi con comunità di basso status sociale, sono soggette ad un una minore presenza di verde e ad un elevato livello di inquinamento.

 

The value of urban green spaces (UGVs) to human wellbeing and health is widely recognised; therefore, actions are being taken worldwide to increase the number of green spaces and their quality. This concept is central in the context of environmental justice, understood as the struggle to ensure a healthy and equitable environment for all communities and access for all citizens to environmental benefits. Although several studies have been conducted internationally on the distributive justice of UGVs in Italy this topic has still been little explored. We therefore proposed a case study on the city of Taranto, as a site of interest due to the contextual presence of blue and green infrastructure, steel activity and high levels of pollution linked to steel activity. The objective was to assess the distributional justice of UGVs as a multidimensional indicator that can incorporate dimensions such as quantity, quality, access and distance travelled to visit a green area. The results showed that populations in neighbourhoods with lower residential value, and therefore communities of lower social status, are subject to higher levels of pollution and lower levels of blue and green infrastructure.


Parole chiave


Spazi verdi urbani; Giustizia ambientale; Ingiustizia distributiva; quartieri urbani; svantaggi socio-economici; urban green space; environmental justice; distributive injustice; urban neighbourhoods; socio-economic disadvantage

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15162/2240-760X/2057

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