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As cities around the world experience the effects of urbanization and increased density, how and where we provide green space to urban dwellers becomes more important. Proximity to green spaces such as parks and biking trails helps to promote physical and mental health, and should be shared equally amongst urban communities. However, like many public goods, new green space can create higher demand for housing in areas nearby, driving up living costs and displacing low-income groups that have been there for decades.
This phenomenon is known as eco-gentrification, and it leads to a situation where only the relatively wealthy benefit from the designation of new urban green spaces. To explore this phenomenon further, Mallory Richards, a research assistant for mortgage backed securities and professor Katie Black of Kenyon College looked into the impact of New York\’s High Line (which was converted into a green space) on residential property values. They found that homes within 0.1 miles of the High Line rose in value 35.3 percent more than homes in the range of 0.1-0.4 miles away. In other words, the home price premium associated with green space proximity decreases as distance from the High Line increases.
The obvious increase in property values resulting from the High Line confirms the unfair impact of the walkway\’s introduction. This reinforces eco-gentrification models in which green space access is only affordable to the wealthy, leaving poor communities bearing the weight of environmental disamenities. For example, lack of green space reinforces the urban heat island effect, causing low income areas to experience disproportionately higher temperatures and worse air quality than their wealthier counterparts.
Allocating green space without displacing the long-term, low-income residents of an area is an important consideration for policy makers as they seek to balance the positive effects of green space allocation and the negative affects of eco-gentrification. Researchers Winifred Curran and Trina Hamilton pose the \\
1.It can be learned from Paragraph 1 that green space(D)
A. signifies higher degree of urbanization.
B. promotes equality between communities.
C. generates rising demands for fresh air.
D. affects the life of the native residents.
解析：
2.The research by Mallory Richards and Katie Black demonstrates(C)
A. the universality of eco-gentrification phenomenon.
B. the vital influence of High Line on residential architecture.
C. the direct link between green space and housing prices.
D. the decisive role of the wealthy in designating green spaces.
解析：
3.The word \\(C)
A. improvements.
B. responsibilities.
C. inconveniences.
D. dissimilarities.
解析：
4.Which of the follo
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