Study: Denver's inequities in park access traced to segregation, funding policies

(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Current inequities in access to Denver's parks among minorities and low-income residents are the legacies of segregationist land-use and housing policies, as well as funding mechanisms that prioritized investment in wealthy white neighborhoods, according to a new study led by University of Illinois recreation, sport andtourism professor Alessandro Rigolon.

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