Resident support for urban greenways across diverse neighborhoods: Comparing two Atlanta BeltLine segments

Palardy, Nathan P.; Boley, B. Bynum; Gaither, Cassandra Johnson

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2018.08.021

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“…( Figure 5). In previous studies, demographic variables like gender, age, income, education level could be constraints of the use patterns of greenways [13,24]. The results of this study showed that in community greenways, users of different groups of people did not have much difference in demography information, although specific groups chose activities with their own preferences.…”

Section: The Service Of Community Greenways: Everydayness and Public mentioning

confidence: 61%

“…The options provided are 'very satisfied', 'satisfied', 'general', 'dissatisfied', 'very dissatisfied'. The items are based on previous research on greenways [13,15,24,32,41,42] and the results of observations. To learn residents' evaluation on the importance of different construction elements, participants were asked to score the importance of factors in construction (very important/important/ general/unimportant/very unimportant).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Meanwhile, the greenways can be used as a place for community residents and their families to have fun and communicate. Through participating in these collective activities, the neighborhood interaction and community cohesion would be enhanced [15,23,24]. On the other hand, greenways help to improve social equity by serving users of a diverse sociodemographic background, especially in developing countries [9].…”

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confidence: 99%

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The Use of Community Greenways: A Case Study on A Linear Greenway Space in High Dense Residential Areas, Guangzhou

Chi

Lin

2019

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The community greenway is a kind of greenway that goes through high-density residential areas in the city and is closely related to residents’ life. However, few scholars focus on how this type of greenways serves the everyday life of the community as an integrated resource. This aspect is important because the everyday life in the public space involves multiple activities. How to coordinate and satisfy these activities relates to the benefits of community greenways. Therefore, this paper takes a representative community greenway in Haizhu District of Guangzhou as an example, to study whether community greenways match the needs of necessary activities, optional activities and social activities. The usage patterns, the evaluation of the current status, the impact on everyday activities, and the importance of different construction factors were surveyed. The applied methods include site observation, questionnaires and interviews. The results show that more than 90% of users are from communities within 1 mile from the community greenway. More than half of the users (55%) are satisfied with the community greenways. Furthermore, the community greenways benefit the everyday activities of residents, such as transportation, recreation, social interaction and also other minor but important everyday activities. However, from the perspective of residents’ requirements for construction factors, the status of service facilities needs to be improved. The characteristics, overall benefits, and construction implications of community greenways are therefore discussed. Community greenways can be important open space for residents and this paper is significant on community greenways meeting the needs of residents’ everyday activities, thus, to provide a better community living environment and to build a better urban open space system.

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The Use of Community Greenways: A Case Study on A Linear Greenway Space in High Dense Residential Areas, Guangzhou

Chi

Lin

2019

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“…For urban built-up areas that were constructed with reinforced concrete, the importance of the ecological environment is more prominent. Mixed greenways combine the characteristics of natural and built greenways, it adapts to the more practical needs of residents and has a stronger interaction with them [13,14]. Mixed greenways are integrated into the urban landscape as part of the daily infrastructure with which residents interact.…”

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“…Instead, their relationships with residents' lives should be completely considered [11,12]. At present, urban greenways have greatly improved the quality of life of urban residents, and the perceptions and feedback of residents about greenways are an important part of the functional improvement of greenways [13][14][15]. The construction of urban greenways in China began in 2009; the existing research on greenways is often focused on their macro benefits, while researchers have hardly dealt with evaluations based on the perspectives of users and studies on the relevant quantification of these perceptions are even scarcer.…”

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Riverside Greenway in Urban Environment: Residents’ Perception and Use of Greenways along the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China

Zheng

Gan

Xiao

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Urban greenways improve green coverage rates in urban environments and transform these environments in a people-oriented manner. This study adopted semantic differential (SD) methods and an importance–performance analysis (IPA) model to evaluate resident perceptions and preferences of riverside greenways. A survey of 588 residents was conducted on typical natural greenways, built greenways, and mixed greenways along the Huangpu River in Shanghai. The results showed that resident perceptions of style, space, and distance differed markedly, whereas their perceptions of environmental and psychological characteristics were relatively similar. There were strong correlations between residents’ characteristics and their perceptions, especially for their perceptions of greenway style, sense of order, and distance from the river. By comparison, most residents preferred mixed greenways. Additionally, respondents from areas with natural and mixed greenways believed that they benefited, whereas those from areas with built greenways displayed a potential sense of deprivation. The results of IPA analysis provide further support for the above conclusions. As a whole, the relatively simple methods demonstrated here could be useful to quantitatively analyze the subjective perceptions of urban residents.

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Resident support for urban greenways across diverse neighborhoods: Comparing two Atlanta BeltLine segments

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The Use of Community Greenways: A Case Study on A Linear Greenway Space in High Dense Residential Areas, Guangzhou

The Use of Community Greenways: A Case Study on A Linear Greenway Space in High Dense Residential Areas, Guangzhou

Riverside Greenway in Urban Environment: Residents’ Perception and Use of Greenways along the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China

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