Indicators for measuring urban environmental equity: a scoping review

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Soledad Camacho Lorenzo
Yolanda Pérez Albert
Joan Alberich González

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Aplicación de indicadores para medir la equidad ambiental urbana: una revisión de alcance


Reducir la inequidad ambiental urbana es uno de los objetivos principales para avanzar hacia ciudades más sostenibles. Esta situación implica desarrollar herramientas que permitan evaluar los impactos ambientales y sociales de forma integrada y así evidenciar las desigualdades en la distribución de los recursos y riesgos ambientales. La aplicación de indicadores a través del uso de Sistemas de Información Geográfica (SIG) y herramientas estadísticas puede ser una opción válida para cumplir este propósito, dado que permite mostrar los patrones territoriales en las disparidades. El objetivo de este trabajo es identificar y clasificar los indicadores de equidad ambiental aplicados hasta el momento en estudios que utilicen métodos estadísticos y SIG para su procesamiento y análisis. Así, se realizó una scoping review utilizando el Framework SALSA y el protocolo PRISMA extension for scoping reviews a partir de las bases de datos Scopus, Web of Science y Scielo. Se identificaron un total de 31 artículos que cumplieron los criterios de búsqueda y que fueron desarrollados en su mayoría por países de Norteamérica y Europa. Implicaron a 167 indicadores diferentes que evidencian la complejidad y heterogeneidad en el abordaje del tema. Aspectos negativos del ambiente como la contaminación, y factores sociales como el estatus socioeconómico, fueron los más utilizados.



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Camacho Lorenzo, S., Pérez Albert, Y., & Alberich González, J. (2024). Indicators for measuring urban environmental equity: a scoping review . Boletín De La Asociación De Geógrafos Españoles, (101). https://doi.org/10.21138/bage.3447

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