Are urban visitors’ general preferences for green-spaces similar to their preferences when seeking stress relief?

Arnberger, Arne; Eder, Renate

doi:10.1016/j.ufug.2015.07.005

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“…For instance, in a comparative study conducted in four European cities, (Berlin, Stockholm, Rotterdam and Salzburg), cleanliness was rated as the most important park characteristic for park visitors [23]. Similar results were found in Vienna (Austria) [8], in Guangzhou (China) [52] and Karachi (Pakistan) [53]. In a review paper on qualitative research about the influence of urban parks in park use and physical activity, McCormack et al [54] also found that cleanliness and maintenance within parks were regularly identified as important factors.…”

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“…Public urban green spaces comprise different types of green spaces, namely in degrees of naturalness, types of vegetation, recreational infrastructures or social uses they can offer [8]. Because public urban green spaces have different characteristics and social uses within cities, it is furthermore important to assess people's preferences about public urban green spaces.…”

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Preferences for Urban Green Space Characteristics: A Comparative Study in Three Portuguese Cities

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Many studies have argued that a better understanding of people's preferences about public urban green spaces may inform urban planners to effectively provide and manage urban green spaces to meet users' needs. The aim of this study is to examine urban residents preferred public green space characteristics and investigate whether similarities and differences can be highlighted in three different Portuguese cities. Through a web-based questionnaire based on the best-worst scaling (BWS) method, residents of Lisbon, Porto and Évora (n = 750) were asked to select the most and least important public green space characteristic among thirteen attributes. The results suggest a consensus about some green space characteristics across cities but also the existence of some local variations in city residents' preferences. Overall, this study can support public authorities and urban planners as they strive to effectively design and manage urban green spaces to meet users' needs.

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Preferences for Urban Green Space Characteristics: A Comparative Study in Three Portuguese Cities

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“…using photos of landscape types. Examples include Arnberger and Eder (2015), Carvalho-Ribeiro and Lovett (2011), Conedera et al (2015) or Eriksson et al (2012).  Studies primarily concerned with supply factors, e.g.…”

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Linking demand and supply factors in identifying cultural ecosystem services of urban green infrastructures: A review of European studies

Hegetschweiler

Vries

Arnberger

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Urban Forestry & Urban Greening

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Urban green infrastructure provides a number of cultural ecosystem services that are greatly appreciated by the public. In order to benefit from these services, actual contact with the respective ecosystem is often required. Furthermore, the type of services offered depend on the physical characteristics of the ecosystem. We conducted a review of publications dealing with demand or social factors such as user needs, preferences and values as well as spatially explicit supply or physical factors such as amount of green space, (bio)diversity, recreational infrastructure, etc. and linking demand and supply factors together. The aim was to provide an overview of this highly interdisciplinary research, to describe how these linkages are being made and to identify which factors significantly influence dependent variables such as levels of use, activities or health and well-being benefits. Commonly used methods were the combination of questionnaires with either on-site visual recording of elements or GIS data. Links between social and physical data were usually established either by using statistical tools or by overlaying different thematic maps. Compared to the large number of variables assessed in most studies, the significant effects in the end were relatively few, not consistent across the studies and largely dependent on the context they were seen in. Studies focused on aesthetic and recreational services, while spiritual, educational and inspirational services were not considered when creating links to spatially explicit ecological structures. We conclude that an improvement and harmonization of methodologies, cross-country studies and an expansion of this line of research to a wider range of services and more user groups could help clarify relationships and thereby increase applicability for urban management and planning.

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“…On-site, face-to-face interviews were carried out between October and November 2015. A survey contained a combination of different types of questions highlighting the socioeconomic and health aspect with a recreational aspect (Arnberger and Eder, 2015). The participants in this research (n=101) were residents of the Vracar municipality with an age range between 18 and 65 years.…”

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“…Recent demographic statistics have shown that the most people live in cities, and this trend will likely continue in the future (Dye, 2008;Arnberger and Eder, 2015). Urban green spaces are essential and consciously influence on the experience and emotions of the city residents, while the factors that evaluate the quality of these areas affect the physical and mental health, as well as the living and work environment (Mitchell and Popham, 2007).…”

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The Socioeconomic and Health Effects of Green Infrastructure on the Vracar Municipality, City of Belgrade

Vujčić¹,

Tomićević-Dubljević²,

Tomicevic-Gavrilovic³

2016

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SUMMARYGreen spaces are the important components of the green infrastructure of cities that provide a wide range of services. Recent demographic reports have shown that the most people live in urban areas and that quality of living and work environment directly affects the physical and mental health of city residents. Health-promoting areas and elements within urban areas such as green spaces are recognized to support the residents' possibilities to cope with morbidity and to have a beneficial effect on general health. The Vracar municipality represents one of the three central municipalities in the territory of the Belgrade, with the low percentage of green areas and the high population density. This paper examines the relation between the socioeconomic and health characteristics of the residents with a quality of a green infrastructure of the Vracar municipality. According to the results of the survey, on one side a high number of the Vracar residents visit local parks less than 3 times a week and stay less than 30 minutes, while on the other, 69% of the residents suffer from the respiratory infections and have frequent annual visits to a doctor. The results of this study indicate that exposure to the green environment and spending free time outdoors in local parks, have a clear influence on the general health and the degree of urbanity and the higher proportion of green space affect a life quality of the Vracar residents.

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Are urban visitors’ general preferences for green-spaces similar to their preferences when seeking stress relief?

Cited by 121 publications

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Preferences for Urban Green Space Characteristics: A Comparative Study in Three Portuguese Cities

Preferences for Urban Green Space Characteristics: A Comparative Study in Three Portuguese Cities

Linking demand and supply factors in identifying cultural ecosystem services of urban green infrastructures: A review of European studies

The Socioeconomic and Health Effects of Green Infrastructure on the Vracar Municipality, City of Belgrade

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