Although repeated contact with nature helps foster mental and physical health among young
people, their contact with nature has been diminishing over the last few decades. Also, low-
income and ethnic minority children have even less contact with nature than white middle-
income children. In this study, we compared accessibility to play in parks for young people
from different income and racial backgrounds in Denver, Colorado. Park access for children
and youth was measured using a geographic information system (GIS). Each neighborhood …