How many people should be in the urban forest? A comparison of trail preferences of Vienna and Sapporo forest visitor segments

Arnberger, Arne; Aikoh, Tetsuya; Eder, Renate; Shoji, Yasushi; Mieno, Taro

doi:10.1016/j.ufug.2010.01.002

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“…willingness to travel extra distance to reach better cross-country skiing conditions (Saelen and Ericson, 2013) and individual-specific preferences for recreational use of different forest types in Lorraine (Northeastern France) (Abildtrup et al 2013). Arnberger et al (2010) also use a choice experiment, with a latent class approach, which investigates preference heterogeneity for social conditions of urban forest visitors in Vienna and Sapporo.…”

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Willingness to travel to avoid recreation conflicts in Danish forests

Bakhtiari

Jacobsen

Jensen

2014

Urban Forestry & Urban Greening

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Section: -1 Choice Experiments Methodsmentioning

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Willingness to travel to avoid recreation conflicts in Danish forests

Bakhtiari

Jacobsen

Jensen

2014

Urban Forestry & Urban Greening

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“…Studies comparing different climatic zones and different culture-based nature perceptions (Roy et al 2012, Kabisch et al 2015 are also rare. Notable exceptions such as Lafortezza et al (2009) comparing park visitors in Italy and the UK, and Arnberger et al (2010) comparing park visitors in Austria and Japan, could easily be supplemented with data on physical characteristics to broaden the picture. Something similar applies to the numerous studies being conducted on the use of parks and forests by different ethnic groups (for a review see Kloek et al (2013)), different age groups (Bell et al 2003, Jorgensen andAnthopoulou 2007) …”

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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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“…The few urban studies undertaken reported crowding perceptions [19,29]. In particular, green space visitors perceive weekends and Sundays as crowded [6,7].…”

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“…They increase the attractiveness of the urban settlement environment, offer relaxation, restoration, stress reduction, escape from the city and provide sites for social interaction [3][4][5]. However, these areas are often heavily used and the resulting crowding can degrade the quality of the recreation experience [6,7].…”

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Urban Densification and Recreational Quality of Public Urban Green Spaces—A Viennese Case Study

Arnberger

2012

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Public urban green spaces play an important role in urban sustainability. These places should provide high-quality recreation experiences for the urban residents. However, they are often overused. The Wienerberg area in the south of Vienna, Austria, was transformed from a waste disposal site into a natural recreation area. During the past years, intensive settlement densification processes have taken place, resulting in a doubling of the local population living within a few minutes walking distance. An on-site survey among green space visitors (N = 231) revealed that the majority of them considered the area to be overcrowded on Sundays/holidays and reported a perceived increase in visitor numbers during the past years. Visitors with more past experience, as well as those who have perceived an increase in visitor numbers during recent years, reported higher crowding perceptions. A significant proportion of them try to avoid these crowds, relying on behavioral coping strategies, such as inter-area displacement. While urban regeneration has provided an attractive recreation area, urban densification around the green space appears to have reduced its recreational quality. Monitoring recreation quality indicators, such as crowding perceptions, seems to be useful for sustainable urban green space management and city planning.

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How many people should be in the urban forest? A comparison of trail preferences of Vienna and Sapporo forest visitor segments

Cited by 69 publications

References 24 publications

Willingness to travel to avoid recreation conflicts in Danish forests

Willingness to travel to avoid recreation conflicts in Danish forests

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

Urban Densification and Recreational Quality of Public Urban Green Spaces—A Viennese Case Study

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