Fear and fascination: Use and perceptions of New York City’s forests, wetlands, and landscaped park areas

Sonti, Nancy F.; Campbell, Lindsay K.; Svendsen, Erika S.; Johnson, Michelle L.; Auyeung, D. S. Novem

doi:10.1016/j.ufug.2020.126601

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“…Another source of worry may be natural dangers, such as becoming lost in the forest or running into rats or insects. Some of Sonti's et al [33] interviewees voiced a clear dislike of the perceived dirtiness of natural areas.…”

Section: Environmental Preferences and Post-mining Forestsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Chiang et al [32] uses this example to argue that in some cases, negative feelings for the environment may later transform into positive feelings, such as fear turning into a positive emotional response. In their research about forested urban areas, Sonti et al [33] uncovered some reasons why people may perceive forest areas as dangerous. One of the main reasons for not visiting urban forests is fear for safety, where women may fear for their safety and men are worried about the safety of women.…”

Section: Environmental Preferences and Post-mining Forestsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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How Do Observable Characteristics of Post-Mining Forests Affect Their Attractiveness for Recreation?

Kohlová

Nepožitková

Melichar

2021

Land

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Afforestation is a popular practice of the recovery of landscape affected by open-cast coal mining. We investigated what impact the observable characteristics of restored forests have on their attractiveness for recreation framed as a one hour walk in a respective type of forest. In this study, we elaborate on some of the observable characteristics which have been previously found in the literature to affect the perceived attractiveness of outdoor environments. Environmental preference data were collected online using a quasi-representative sample of affected and control populations of the Czech Republic (N = 869). The questionnaire employed visual representations of typical reclaimed forest sites on spoil heaps in the Sokolov mining district. A mediation analysis revealed that forests growing in post-mining areas are perceived more negatively than the typical commercial spruce forest due to their lower permeability, lower level of stewardship, and perceived low safety. However, there are differences in observed characteristics also between different types of restored forests, even when controlling the effect of forest age. The results show for forestry practice that while some of the observed characteristics change by themselves with the increasing age of the forest (permeability, perceived safety, and naturalness of successional forests), improvement in others requires targeted after-care (perceived stewardship). In any case, our results are promising in that they imply that the recreational value of restored forests in post-mining areas may further increase in the future.

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Section: Environmental Preferences and Post-mining Forestsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Environmental Preferences and Post-mining Forestsmentioning

confidence: 99%

How Do Observable Characteristics of Post-Mining Forests Affect Their Attractiveness for Recreation?

Kohlová

Nepožitková

Melichar

2021

Land

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“…These residents also tend to live in neighborhoods with greater amounts of heat stress, which is correlated with sparser vegetation and shade, a lack of open space, and high settlement density (Harlan et al, 2006). Women, elderly, and urban residents with mental or physical disabilities also may face limitations in accessing the benefits of urban green space due to inadequate facilities, maintenance, safety, and/or programming (Lynch et al, 2019; Sonti et al, 2020; Zhai et al, 2020).…”

Section: Vegetation Ecology and New Human Dimensions: Fire And Urban Ecologiesmentioning

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Vegetation ecology with anthropic drivers and consequences

Malanson

Talal

Pansing

et al. 2021

Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment

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Current research on vegetation makes a difference in people’s lives. Plant community classification is a backbone of land management, plant communities are changing in response to anthropogenic drivers, and the processes of change have impacts on ecosystem services. In the following progress report, we summarize the status of classification and recent research on vegetation responses to pollution, especially nitrogen deposition, invasive species, climate change, and land use and direct exploitation. Two areas with human feedbacks are underscored: fire ecology and urban ecology. Prominent questions at the current research frontier are highlighted with attention to new perspectives.

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“…Kebanyakan masyarakat menilai bahwa menikmati alam bebas itu adalah dengan menikmati luasnya wilayah yang alami, dengan cara menikmati sajian termasuk udara segar, angin, tenang, keindahan, teduh, ruang terbuka, pemandangan air. Dengan pemanfaatan lahan yang terbatas juga akan memberikan peluang terhadap kegiatan seperti membawa anak-anak ke taman adalah penggunaan area yang paling umum (Sonti et al, 2020) Hutan Kota merupakan kelangkaan yang di miliki Kota, disamping jenis tanaman yang ada sebagian berumur ratusan tahun sehingga sangat perlu di perhatikan dan menjadi prioritas damam kelangsungan atau Tidak keberlajutannya, keterlibatan elemen masyarakat dan pemerintahan merupakan hal terpenting dalam pelestarian hutan kota. (Ordóñez et al, 2020) dan (Mondal et al, 2020) Taman macam adalah salah satu pilihan tepat di jadikan obyek karena dengan melihat letak yang berada tepat di pusat kota dengan berbagai aktifitas perkotaan, selanjutnya pertumbuhan penduduk perkotaan dengan berbagai aktifitasnya akan berdampak pada aktifitas di kawasan hutan kota (Taman Macan), seperti sebagai kawasan santai, berolahraga, berdagang, bersosialisasi, arena bermain dan sebaginya akan meningkat sementara kawasan memiliki keterbatasan daya tampung, bila masalah ini di biarkan maka akan terjadi eksploitasi terhadap kawasan tanpa memikirkan kelestarian, apabilah pengunjung melebihi kapasitas daya tampung bisa berdampak seperti tingginya fandalism, kerawanan kriminalitas, pengelolaan sampah dan limbah, dan lainnya yang bisa menjadi potensi.…”

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Daya Tampung Taman Macan Sebagai Taman Kota Dalam Pemanfaatan Fungsi Wisata Di Kota Makassar

Musawantoro

2020

Jambura Geo Educ. J

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The importance of this research is a description of the maximum capacity of a tourist area, to sustain the urban forest which has many functions for urban communities, seeing an increase in the population of 3.7% and activities around the urban forest area in Makassar, it is necessary to study the maximum capacity, the study was conducted with a qualitative method with a survey approach, the results of the study explained that the urban forest was known as the Macan Park assuming operating hours for 8 hours, then for urban forest or tiger park, Makassar City is PCC = 4,900 m2 / 65 m2 x 4. Then the maximum number of visitors can be obtained per day is + 302 people with the number of needs per person long enjoying a 2-hour visit. The conclusion of the importance of the application of a maximum capacitance in an area is to support the sustainability of the area with a conservation approach

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Fear and fascination: Use and perceptions of New York City’s forests, wetlands, and landscaped park areas

Cited by 55 publications

References 67 publications

How Do Observable Characteristics of Post-Mining Forests Affect Their Attractiveness for Recreation?

How Do Observable Characteristics of Post-Mining Forests Affect Their Attractiveness for Recreation?

Vegetation ecology with anthropic drivers and consequences

Daya Tampung Taman Macan Sebagai Taman Kota Dalam Pemanfaatan Fungsi Wisata Di Kota Makassar

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