Open Space Access Index for the Southeast United States (2018)
type: Dataset
description: 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).
issued: 2025-11-21T03:20:00.595726
modified: 2020-01-15
spatial: Location
contact point: Organization
  fn: Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University (Point of Contact)
keyword: alabama
keyword: amerigeo
keyword: amerigeoss
keyword: arkansas
keyword: ckan
keyword: florida
keyword: geo
keyword: georgia
keyword: geoss
keyword: louisiana
keyword: mississippi
keyword: missouri
keyword: national
keyword: north-america
keyword: north-carolina
keyword: parks
keyword: recreation
keyword: south-carolina
keyword: tennessee
keyword: united-states
keyword: virginia
theme: {geospatial}

Web Resource
type: Distribution
issued: 2021-11-04T16:39:00.733986
modified: 2025-11-21T03:20:00.584615
access URL: https://doi.org/10.21429/k9k5-fz91

US Migrating
type: Agent