How is your province/region/community doing in providing accessible nature?
June 2nd, 2009
The British have interesting standards for measuring the accessibility of opportunities to engage nature. While accessibility in this context just means accessible to the general public, why shouldn’t these standards apply to all?
- No person should live more than 300m from their nearest area of natural greenspace of at least 2 ha in size
- There should be at least one accessible 20 ha site within 2 km from home
- There should be one accessible 100 ha site within 5 km
- There should be one accessible 500 ha site within 10 km
Comber, A., Brunsdon, C., & E. Green, (2008). Landscape and Urban Planning, 86, 103-114.