Latent preferences of residents regarding an urban forest recreation setting in Ljubljana, Slovenia

Japelj, Anže; Mavsar, Robert; Hodges, Donald G.; Kovač, Marko; Juvančič, Luka

doi:10.1016/j.forpol.2015.10.003

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“…Given a choice set of 2-5 alternatives, each respondent selects the preferred alternative from the set. Attributes are chosen to be independent of each other, to avoid structural mode failure because of linear relationships between attributes [4,15].…”

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“…The green space in cities provides citizens with a space that is suited for moderate for moderate exercise to relieve the stresses of daily life and to enjoy the beauty of a forest. Previous studies have shown that leisure activities are an essential part of modern life [4,5].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In order to investigate the visitors' preferences, previous studies showed that combinations of recreational attributes and choices impacted tourists' decisions [12] and affected various attributes of recreational zone installations. Among several methods, the method based on economic evaluation treated the abstract value of each attribute as a monetary value and a change in the levels of these attributes showed the recreational preferences [4]. Various factors (such as the region, culture, social demographic structure, economic background and recreational habits) have been studied [5].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The respondent's choice reflects preferences [15]. The CE was proved effective especially for the recreational evaluation of urban forests or green zones [4]. The goal of this study is to analyze (1) the effect of visitors' preference levels to Taichung Calligraphy Greenway on different recreational attributes and (2) the effect of preference levels of visitors with Taiwan has a subtropical monsoon climate [9].…”

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Preferences of Tourists for the Service Quality of Taichung Calligraphy Greenway in Taiwan

Liu

Chuang

2018

Forests

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This study explores preferences for a set of attributes that characterize the recreational value of Calligraphy Greenway, the most notable greenbelt in Taichung City, Taiwan. As an urban green space, the Calligraphy Greenway has its own recreational attributes and visitors' preferences. This study uses the choice experiment method to determine visitors' preference levels for five major attributes to improve the recreational quality. On average, each visitor visited there 9.15 times in the past year and spent 2.37 h per visit. Of the five recreational attributes, satisfaction with recreational activity opportunities had the highest score and satisfaction with cultural landscape resources had the lowest score. The importance is ranked in the order of recreational service quality, total recreational cost, environmental landscape resources, cultural landscape resources and recreational activity opportunities. Considering difference of groups, female visitors were more concerned with cost and activities but male visitors were more concerned with service quality and natural/cultural landscape resources. Local visitors were more concerned with cost and activities but non-local visitors were more concerned with environmental/cultural landscape resources. Both were concerned with service quality. Based on the results, this study makes the following recommendations: cultural landscape resources and quality of recreational services and facilities should be improved and more complete interpretative educational guidance should be provided to increase visitors' willingness to visit. Additionally, it is suggested to set up various districts to cater for preferences of different visitor groups.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Preferences of Tourists for the Service Quality of Taichung Calligraphy Greenway in Taiwan

Liu

Chuang

2018

Forests

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“…The basic knowledge of YRPPs toward ecological services (KES) of UGS's was elicited in Part 2. In this part, 19 items of ecological services were adopted from the studies by Miller [49] and C.Y. Jim and Wendy Y. Chen [1].…”

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An Assessment of the Knowledge and Demand of Young Residents regarding the Ecological Services of Urban Green Spaces in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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Abstract:The fast and steady economic growth and social changes in recent years in Cambodia have brought rapid expansion and restructuring to its cities. These phenomena have brought numerous challenges including threats to urban green spaces (UGS's). This study addresses problems of UGS's by investigating the knowledge and perceptions of young residents of Phnom Penh (YRPPs) toward UGS's in relation to the following: (1) basic knowledge of YRPPs on ecological services (KES) of UGS's; (2) perceptions of YRPPs on the current state of UGS's (PUGS's) in Phnom Penh; (3) demand of YRPPs for UGS's in the city (DUGS); and (4) associations between KES, PUGS's, social profiles (SoPs), and DUGS. A questionnaire was designed to solicit knowledge from 554 respondents randomly selected from the study area. The findings revealed that 83.1% of total respondents strongly recognized ecological services of UGS's. Four subgroups of ecological services, namely microclimate (89.7%), environmental quality and functions (83.8%), recreational and public health services (88.5%), and economic benefits (70.4%) were all rated highly. Because the current state of UGS's was very poor (68.4%), demand for UGS's was high (94.43%). Public toilets (84.7%) and rubbish bins (75.6%) were both rated the poorest. The PUGS's were significantly associated with KES (r = 0.307, F (3, 543) = 18.83, p < 0.001). This study offers a deep understanding about knowledge and demand of YRPPs for UGS's.

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Modelling and Evaluation of the Effect of Afforestation on the Runoff Generation Within the Glinščica River Catchment (Central Slovenia)

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Sapač

Rusjan

et al. 2020

The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry

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Latent preferences of residents regarding an urban forest recreation setting in Ljubljana, Slovenia

Cited by 27 publications

References 41 publications

Preferences of Tourists for the Service Quality of Taichung Calligraphy Greenway in Taiwan

Preferences of Tourists for the Service Quality of Taichung Calligraphy Greenway in Taiwan

An Assessment of the Knowledge and Demand of Young Residents regarding the Ecological Services of Urban Green Spaces in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Modelling and Evaluation of the Effect of Afforestation on the Runoff Generation Within the Glinščica River Catchment (Central Slovenia)

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