Open Space Access Index for the Southeast United States (2018)

Publicly accessible open spaces provide valuable opportunities for people to exercise, play, socialize, and build community. People are more likely to use public open spaces that are close (ideally within walking distance) to their homes. To assess the spatial distribution of access to open space for recreation in the southeastern United States, we constructed an index of open space access based on the size of the largest publicly accessible open space within 10 miles of each point on the landscape, using three distance categories to represent whether people can reach the open spaces by walking (within 0.5 mile), via a short drive (within 3 miles), or via a longer drive (within 10 miles).

Data and Resources

Field Value
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modified 2020-01-15
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publisher Climate Adaptation Science Centers
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Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • alabama
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • arkansas
  • ckan
  • florida
  • geo
  • georgia
  • geoss
  • louisiana
  • mississippi
  • missouri
  • national
  • north-america
  • north-carolina
  • parks
  • recreation
  • south-carolina
  • tennessee
  • united-states
  • virginia
isopen False
license_id notspecified
license_title License not specified
maintainer Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University (Point of Contact)
maintainer_email katie.warnell@duke.edu
metadata_created 2025-11-22T19:58:22.238961
metadata_modified 2025-11-22T19:58:22.238965
notes Publicly accessible open spaces provide valuable opportunities for people to exercise, play, socialize, and build community. People are more likely to use public open spaces that are close (ideally within walking distance) to their homes. To assess the spatial distribution of access to open space for recreation in the southeastern United States, we constructed an index of open space access based on the size of the largest publicly accessible open space within 10 miles of each point on the landscape, using three distance categories to represent whether people can reach the open spaces by walking (within 0.5 mile), via a short drive (within 3 miles), or via a longer drive (within 10 miles).
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title Open Space Access Index for the Southeast United States (2018)