Southeast Conservation Blueprint Summary for North Carolina
Terrestrial Equitable access to potential parks
This cultural resource indicator prioritizes places to create new parks that would fill gaps in equitable access to open space within socially vulnerable communities in urban areas. It identifies areas where residents currently lack access to parks within a 10-minute walk (accounting for walkable road networks and access barriers like highways and fences), then prioritizes based on park need using demographic and environmental metrics. Parks help improve public health, foster a conservation ethic by providing opportunities for people to connect with nature, and support critical ecosystem services. This indicator originates from the Trust for Public Land's ParkServe park priority areas and the Center for Disease Control's Social Vulnerability Index.
226 miles
Basemap credits: © Mapbox © OpenStreetMap Improve this basemap
Priority for a new park that would create nearby equitable access Very high priority High priority Moderate priority Not identified as a priority (within urban areas) 56 113
Created 11/20/2024 using the Southeast Conservation Blueprint Explorer
Page 20 of 85
Made with FlippingBook Ebook Creator