Organised Physical Activity in the Forests of the Warsaw and Tricity Agglomerations, Poland

Janeczko, Emilia; Wójcik, R.; Kędziora, Wojciech; Janeczko, Krzysztof; Woźnicka, Małgorzata

doi:10.3390/ijerph16203961

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“…In many countries, forests traditionally used for timber production are experiencing a shift towards recreational purposes, and their social importance continues to grow [32,33]. A similar trend has also been observed in Poland [34]. This fact is also indirectly reflected in the results of our research, as respondents highly valued cultural forest functions.…”

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Sociocultural Profile as a Predictor of Perceived Importance of Forest Ecosystem Services: A Case Study from Poland

Janeczko,

Banaś,

Woźnicka

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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This paper assesses the priority of forest ecosystem services (FESs) and defines the sociodemographic profile of people who consider particular services to be an essential function of forests. The research material consists of the results of a questionnaire survey conducted on 1402 Polish respondents. Twelve different types of FESs were evaluated, to which respondents assigned relative priority (Ps) on a five-point Likert scale. The significance of differences in the importance of individual FESs was assessed using the Kruskal–Wallis ANOVA rank test, while a logistic regression model was used to profile respondents in terms of differences in perceptions of a particular FES. Regulating functions were considered the most important (Ps 0.87–0.94), followed by cultural functions (0.79–0.86), while provisioning functions (0.31–0.75) were deemed the least important. During the last decade, the trend in societal demand for FESs was upward. The greatest increase occurred for regulating functions and the lowest for provisioning (in the case of the supply of animal products, demand has actually decreased). Regulating functions are seen as very important by people with higher education, people who are satisfied with their financial status, and women; noise reduction is in particular valued by urban residents. Cultural functions are most valued by those satisfied with their financial status and people over 40. Provisioning functions are perceived as very important primarily by rural residents, often of low financial status, with the provision of animal products being more appreciated by men and the supply of mushrooms and berries by women. The greater appreciation of the importance of regulating and cultural functions (compared to provisioning ESs) suggests that local development planning should emphasize them much more strongly. In turn, identifying and estimating the demand for ecosystem services from the perspective of socioeconomic and demographic stakeholder profiles can provide valuable insight during planning for sustainable forest and ecosystem services.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 82%

Sociocultural Profile as a Predictor of Perceived Importance of Forest Ecosystem Services: A Case Study from Poland

Janeczko,

Banaś,

Woźnicka

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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“…A buffer zone method was used to quantify the accessibility of urban parks. Two levels of buffer zones were established with a radius of 500 and 1000 m from the boundary of each park [40]. The 500 and 1000 m buffers are shown in Figure 3.…”

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confidence: 99%

National Fitness Evaluation of Urban Parks in the National Ecological Garden City: A Case Study in Baoji, China

Tian

Ning

Ren

et al. 2022

Land

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Urban parks are important places for residents to engage in physical activity (PA). Properly designed fitness facilities play a positive role in the PA level of park users. We conducted a quantitative evaluation of urban park systems based on the revised Chinese version of ParkScore (RCPS) from the perspective of national fitness. Baoji, one of the first National Ecological Garden Cities (NEGCs), was selected as a case study. We analyzed 19 parks and found that comprehensive parks and sports parks obtained high evaluation scores. The area of fitness facilities in Baoji urban parks was low, with an average of 1.85 hm2 per park. Professional sports venues and multifunctional sports venues each accounted for about one-third and children’s activity venues for about a quarter. There were many national fitness stations, but they covered a small area. Only 16% of parks had fitness trails, which was the least represented type of fitness facility. About 40% of the parks had children’s activity venues, with a 1:2 ratio of PA venue to amusement area. The area of free open venues accounted for only 0.1% of the total area of the parks. The number of parks per capita was about 52% of the overall NEGCs, accessibility of 500 m was 34%, and of 1000 m was about 54%. Overall, we found that the supply of Baoji urban parks was insufficient. These results directly reflect differences among fitness facilities in urban parks and can help form a quantitative basis for the optimization of urban park systems and advance the national fitness plan and promote public health.

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“…Proximity and accessibility mean that urban and suburban forests are particularly intensively used by society and their social importance continues to grow [16,17]. Research shows that these forests are important to people all year round, often every day [18], they are both a place for individual recreation and recreational and sports activities related to sports competition [18][19][20].…”

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Effect of an illegal open dump in an urban forest on landscape appreciation

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Janeczko²,

Korcz³

et al. 2022

PLoS ONE

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Rubbish in a forest environment is a great threat to this ecosystem, but this threat may also apply to the lost benefits for visitors to the forest. Previous studies proved that forest areas have a positive effect on obtaining psychological relaxation in the people visiting them. However, it was not known whether this restorative experience could be disturbed in any way by the presence of an open dump in the forest. To check how the presence of a landfill affects the visitors, an experiment was planned in which the respondents observed a forest area with a landfill and a forest landscape without a landfill for 15 minutes (control). The respondents then assessed the landscape using the semantic differential method and the Perceived Restorativeness Scale (PRS). An analysis of these observations showed that the presence of a landfill in the forest significantly changed the appreciation of the landscape by the respondents, the values of positive experiences decreased, and the negative experiences increased. Restorativeness was also reduced. Based on the results, it can be concluded that the presence of garbage in the forest may interrupt the restorative experience of its visitors.

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Organised Physical Activity in the Forests of the Warsaw and Tricity Agglomerations, Poland

Cited by 11 publications

References 41 publications

Sociocultural Profile as a Predictor of Perceived Importance of Forest Ecosystem Services: A Case Study from Poland

Sociocultural Profile as a Predictor of Perceived Importance of Forest Ecosystem Services: A Case Study from Poland

National Fitness Evaluation of Urban Parks in the National Ecological Garden City: A Case Study in Baoji, China

Effect of an illegal open dump in an urban forest on landscape appreciation

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