Urban green space characteristics, visitation patterns and influence of visitors’ socio-economic attributes on visitation in Kisumu City and Eldoret Municipality, Kenya

Kiplagat, A. K.; Koech, Julius; Ngetich, Job K.; Lagat, Mercy J.; Khazenzi, Judith A.; Odhiambo, Kenneth O.

doi:10.1016/j.tfp.2021.100175

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“…Married or cohabiting residents were more likely to use green spaces compared to residents who have never married. Our finding is consistent with the findings of a study conducted in Kisumu and Eldoret, Kenya [51] that found respondents who were divorced, separated and widowed to be 4.71 times more likely to visit green spaces weekly than unmarried respondents (AOR = 4.71, 95% CI: 1.276, 17.356). Compared to skilled and unskilled manual workers, we found professional, technical and managerial workers to be less likely to use green spaces and could be attributed to white collar workers having limited time to access green spaces due either their busy work schedules or engagement in other leisure activities such as playing tennis.…”

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Socio-demographic and neighbourhood factors influencing urban green space use and development at home: A population-based survey in Accra, Ghana

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In Sub-Saharan Africa and other developing regions, there has been very little systematic attempt to document the uses and perceived health benefits of urban green spaces in cities and the factors influencing usage. We therefore sought to establish the availability, accessibility and use of urban green spaces, and the perceived health benefits in an African population. We also ascertained the factors influencing use and development of green spaces at home. A population-based survey was conducted in Accra, the capital city of Ghana, spanning 11 Municipal and 3 Sub-Metropolitan areas. Multivariable binary logistic regression adjusting for potential confounders was used to establish the association between green space use and development at home, and socio-demographic, neighbourhood and health factors. Odds ratios and their corresponding 95% confidence intervals were estimated from the models. Several socio-demographic (gender, age, marital status, occupation, ethnicity, religion) and district-level (population density, income level, neighbourhood greenness) factors were associated with use of green spaces and development of green spaces at home in Accra. Residents who were worried about depletion of green spaces in their community were more likely to develop green spaces at home. In neighbourhoods with moderate and high level of greenness, residents were less likely to develop green spaces at home. Five-percent and 47% of green space users in Accra reported witnessing an improvement in their physical and mental health, respectively, from use of green spaces. The study findings can inform policy action for promoting use and development of green spaces in African cities and for mitigating depletion and degradation of the limited urban greenery.

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Socio-demographic and neighbourhood factors influencing urban green space use and development at home: A population-based survey in Accra, Ghana

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“…Thus, recreational activities should not be explained or appreciated solely on the basis of physical attributes of UGBS such as noise or naturalness but also by personal characteristics such as gender, age or income. Second, future work should verify not only the frequency of activities in UGBS, but also the motivation and distance travelled by UGBS users [31,[84][85][86][87], and the park characteristics they appreciate [88,89]. Green-space attractiveness may depend on numerous factors such as the presence of facilities, culture and history, safety, amenities, quality of the biodiversity, and public transport [28,66,[90][91][92][93][94].…”

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A Methodology for Quantifying the Spatial Distribution and Social Equity of Urban Green and Blue Spaces

Guinaudeau,

Brink,

Schäffer

et al. 2023

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Urban green and blue space (UGBS) contribute to a variety of nature-based values and human health benefits. As such, they play a critical role for the quality of life and sustainability in cities. Here, we use the metropolitan area of Geneva, Switzerland, as a case study to illustrate that UGBS are heterogeneous in spatial characteristics, such as surface area, naturality, or noise levels, which are associated with key cultural ecosystems services. For each characteristic, we defined a threshold with the realization of an associated cultural ecosystem service, including a novel noise threshold (LAeq < 45 dB) compatible with the notion of “quiet”. We then used geospatial information to generate place-based and people-based indicators that collectively describe the variation in key dimensions of UGBS. We found that, in Geneva, the typical (median) resident has access to 4.7 ha of UGBS, and 89% of residents live within 300 m of the nearest UGBS. Accessible surfaces of UGBS per capita, however, were highly variable by type of UGBS and across neighbourhoods. For example, residents from precarious neighbourhoods are less likely to live within 300 m of quiet UGBS than residents of privileged neighbourhoods, and when they do, these UGBS tend to be smaller. The proposed methodology categorizes UGBS in a manner that both captures their distinct social roles and highlights potential social injustice issues.

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“…Petucco et al [4] incorporated tourist characteristics and recreation preferences into the sustainable use of forests. Meanwhile, Ghimire and other scholars gradually began to pay attention to research on the landscape preferences and behavior characteristics of tourists with different attributes and pointed out that there are significant differences in users' preferences for outdoor recreation space in terms of gender, marital status, educational background and working experience [16][17][18][19][20].…”

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Main Factors of Professional Experience on People’s Visual Behavior and Re-Viewing Intention in Different In-Forest Landscapes

Gao

Wang

Zhang

et al. 2023

Forests

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Background: With the acceleration of urbanization, the demand for people to return to forests and their desire for nature is also increasing annually. However, whether the visual behaviors and aesthetic preferences of users vary with background attributes when viewing forest landscapes remains to be further explored. This information will help forest landscape planners and managers to create a forest landscape space suitable for different groups of people. Purpose: This study mainly discusses whether people’s professional background will affect their visual behavior, satisfaction preference and re-viewing intention of a landscape and discusses the relationship among them. Main results: (1) Under the background of an in-forest landscape, the visual behavior of users in different layouts presents great similarity. (2) Satisfaction preference for landscapes is not significantly influenced by the user’s background, but there is a significant linear relationship between satisfaction preference and re-viewing intention (Adj. R2 = 0.412 − 0.697, sig. = 0.000). (3) The spatial cognition that affects users’ visual behavior and satisfaction preference in a scene will change with the landscape layout and users’ professional background. Therefore, we suggest that landscape planners and managers should consider not only the spatial layout of the landscape itself but also the user’s own attributes (whether they have professional knowledge of the landscape) when optimizing the visual behavior and satisfaction preference of in-forest landscape space. This will ensure that users have a high sense of identity and attachment to the scene in a targeted way, thus arousing a greater “desire” to re-view the scene. In addition, our results can identify a more satisfactory course for tour routes according to the user’s professional background, thus enhancing the rate of tourists who decide to “visit again”.

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Urban green space characteristics, visitation patterns and influence of visitors’ socio-economic attributes on visitation in Kisumu City and Eldoret Municipality, Kenya

Cited by 12 publications

References 32 publications

Socio-demographic and neighbourhood factors influencing urban green space use and development at home: A population-based survey in Accra, Ghana

Socio-demographic and neighbourhood factors influencing urban green space use and development at home: A population-based survey in Accra, Ghana

A Methodology for Quantifying the Spatial Distribution and Social Equity of Urban Green and Blue Spaces

Main Factors of Professional Experience on People’s Visual Behavior and Re-Viewing Intention in Different In-Forest Landscapes

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