The influence of attitudes and perception of tree benefits on park management priorities

Jennings, Thomas E.; Jean-Philippe, Sharon R.; Willcox, Adam S.; Zobel, John M.; Poudyal, Neelam C.; Simpson, T.

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.05.021

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“…Another study has been found that the rental rates of commercial office properties are about 7% higher in the areas with a high-quality landscape, including trees (Wolf, 2004). It has been verified that the net benefit in increasing the average urban park size in a medium-sized city can be as high as 160 dollars per house (Jenningsa et al, 2016). In the old town centre of Guangzhou, the price of housing decreases by 6.6% when the distance to the nearest urban park doubles (Jim and Chen, 2009).…”

Section: Economic Benefits Of Urban Parkmentioning

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User Awareness for the Benefits of Urban Parks: Ankara City Case

Kılıç

Polat

2019

SJAFS

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In today's world, people living in the city face difficulties in coping with stress, anxiety and fatigue. The individuals are in the need of being in touch with the nature and relieving stress and pressure in order to get away from these emotions. The parks which are one of the remedial opportunities for the individuals in their living places in terms of spiritual and physical aspects have a positive impact on the life quality of these individuals. In the contemporary societies, the existing open spaces and new designing spaces are regulated in accordance with the requirements of the age and the society given. In this regard, while urban parks, which are one of the important factors of urban landscape, are presented to the user service, it is significant to ensure balance the relationship between environment and human in order to increase the benefits obtained from these parks. The experts and institutions involved in the planning, design and management of such parks possess certain knowledge of these benefits. However, the level of knowledge and awareness of urban population or park users are not clear. In this study, in the case of Ankara city, it was researched how much the park users have knowledge of the economic, ecological, social and physical benefits of urban parks. One-on-one interviews with make a survey were conducted with 384 urban park users. According to the findings, 47.2% of the participants stated that they do not have general information about the benefits of urban parks, 31.8% of them that they had knowledge, and 20.8% said that they are not interested. The participants stated that urban parks were effective in cleaning the polluted air (37.5%), lowering the urban temperature (33.3%) and increasing the relative air humidity (31.3%). Based on these findings, suggestions were made to the researches, professional disciplines and public institutions.

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Section: Economic Benefits Of Urban Parkmentioning

confidence: 99%

User Awareness for the Benefits of Urban Parks: Ankara City Case

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2019

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“…However, despite apparent support for native species, residents may not be knowledgeable enough to recognize a native tree or its ecological importance, emphasizing the importance of education and local community engagement (Doody et al 2010). Interestingly, research on urban dweller attitudes about green space management priorities found that park visitors valued more natural settings, including native tree species selection and more haphazard planting (Jennings et al 2016).…”

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“…Neighbourhoods that do not hold many trees on municipal land would benefit from community-based strategies geared towards enhancing tree diversity on both public and private properties. For example, initiatives encouraging residents and community groups to plant trees in the road verge or in public spaces can enhance neighbourhood tree-species diversity if implemented according to municipal guidelines and urban forest composition targets, and if citizen preferences are taken into account (Jennings et al 2016). If neighbourhood diversity D r a f t targets are set and citizens are educated and consulted about tree-species selection, it is more likely that appropriate species will be planted on both public and private property, enhancing overall tree diversity.…”

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A review of drivers of tree diversity in suburban areas: Research needs for North American cities

Nitoslawski

Duinker

Bush³

2016

Environ. Rev.

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Tree diversity is crucial to urban forest management. More diverse urban forests provide habitat for a wider range of organisms, increase resilience to pests and disease and, in cases where native tree species are well represented, contribute to local biodiversity protection. Studies have shown that tree diversity can peak in the low- to mid-density neighbourhoods found in suburban and peri-urban areas, emphasizing the potential for biodiversity enhancement during and after subdivision development. Most studies quantifying tree species composition in suburban areas focus on one or two major drivers of tree diversity, such as land use, socioeconomics and demographics, or the presence of natural features like parks or greenways. Furthermore, relatively little attention has been paid to the drivers of diversity for the variety of land types that make up the entire urban forest, which represent differences in tree planting and establishment practices, ownership, and maintenance. This paper presents an overview of drivers of tree species composition based on the literature, as well as factors that require further study because they play a role in determining the structure of the (sub)urban forest. These factors are examined in the context of four land types: street, residential property, park, and remnant woodland, and are organized under the following major themes: biophysical characteristics, community design, historical paradigms and influences, municipal management, and demographics and cultures. Based on what is known so far, a research agenda is also presented outlining major gaps in research on urban tree diversity in North America (USA and Canada). The information presented in this paper can thus serve as a guideline to inform urban forest management practices and strategically enhance tree diversity.

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“…In reality, visitors to forest parks are numerous and complex, and some authors believe that visitors' backgrounds will give rise to different landscape preferences [30,31]. To clarify the preferences of different visitors for forest landscapes, researchers have begun to focus on the landscape preferences and behavioral characteristics of visitors with different attributes [20,[32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48]. Most of these studies have focused on the visual experiences of tourists [49], but they have often overlooked the question of whether a visitor's route to an attraction was reasonable or whether that visitor chose a walking route to the attraction based on visitors' selection preferences.…”

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Analyzing Visitors’ Preferences and Evaluation of Satisfaction Based on Different Attributes, with Forest Trails in the Akasawa National Recreational Forest, Central Japan

Zhang

Meng

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Forests

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For forest park managers and designers, it is very important to provide forest trails and high–quality forest landscapes that meet visitor’s needs. In this study, based on demographic characteristics, our main purpose is to analyze whether the preferences of visitors for different trails differ, and to discuss whether forest park visitors’ satisfaction is affected when preferences for choosing trails change, mainly in order to improve knowledge about visitors’ needs for forest walking spaces. Through this analysis, we can aid in the planning and management of forest parks to improve visitors’ experiences. We mainly consider five attributes, namely, sex, age, number of visitors, number of visits and duration of stay in the park, in a questionnaire, and use the Kruskal–Wallis Test and Mann–Whitney U Test to analyze multigroup data in “SPSS for Windows”. The results are as follows: (1) Visitors with different attributes exhibit significant differences in terms of their choices of forest trails and the evaluation of visitor satisfaction in the duration of stay. (2) The correlation analysis showed that trail condition factors, such as the degree of difficulty and facility status, affect the satisfaction evaluation of tourists on many levels. In addition, the number of visits by visitors is negatively correlated with the preference for a forest trail based on recreational indicators. (3) Compared to visitors who stay in the forest for a short amount of time, visitors who remain in the forest for longer have a higher satisfaction level. Based on these results, we recommend that parks consider the number of visits (visiting experience) and the duration of stays in the forest when planning walking routes to more effectively plan forest park trails.

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The influence of attitudes and perception of tree benefits on park management priorities

Cited by 27 publications

References 20 publications

User Awareness for the Benefits of Urban Parks: Ankara City Case

User Awareness for the Benefits of Urban Parks: Ankara City Case

A review of drivers of tree diversity in suburban areas: Research needs for North American cities

Analyzing Visitors’ Preferences and Evaluation of Satisfaction Based on Different Attributes, with Forest Trails in the Akasawa National Recreational Forest, Central Japan

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