What is the role of trees and remnant vegetation in attracting people to urban parks?

Shanahan, Danielle F.; Lin, Brenda B.; Gaston, Kevin J.; Bush, Robert A. Baruch; Fuller, Richard A.

doi:10.1007/s10980-014-0113-0

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“…the plants that we sampled. Previous studies support our assumption and the perception of urban green space has often focused on conspicuous plants (Fuller et al 2007;Dallimer et al 2012;Shwartz et al 2014;Carrus et al 2015;Shanahan et al 2015). Moreover, vegetation cover was positively related to personal well-being in a study comprising 9 Australian towns and cities (Luck et al 2011).…”

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“…Recent research in Brisbane, Australia, has shown that park visitors with stronger nature orientation traveled further and made longer visits than park users with a less pronounced nature orientation (Lin et al 2014). Moreover, park visitors with greater nature orientation tended to go to urban parks with higher levels of tree cover and remnant native vegetation and thus they were prepared to travel to such parks instead of using nearby parks (Shanahan et al 2015). Individual differences in perception of green space should thus be addressed when urban planners design city parks.…”

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Effects of biodiversity and environment-related attitude on perception of urban green space

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Green space in cities contributes to the quality of life for city dwellers, e.g., by increasing the opportunity for recreation. However, perception of urban green space is influenced by multiple factors. We investigated effects of biodiversity and environment-related attitudes on visual and auditory perceptions of urban green space. Field measurements of biodiversity were conducted in six sites across an urban gradient in Gothenburg, Sweden, and three categories of biodiversity-high, medium, low-were established. Households were sent a survey on aesthetic perception of urban green space, sound perception and the importance of trees and plants for the perception of bird species. Each respondent focused on the site that was located nearby. The environment-related attitudes comprised BNature-oriented^and BUrban-oriented^persons and were based on participants' own attitude estimations. It was shown that participants' Bsubjective^aesthetic and sound-related perception of urban greenery were in line with the Bobjectively^measured subdivisions of high, medium and low biodiversity. So also were their estimations of the importance of trees and plants for perception of bird species in urban greenery, although differing only between high and medium/ low biodiversity conditions. Persons rating themselves as highly nature-oriented were shown to give higher scores to urban green space aesthetics and to value greenery-related sounds higher, and to attach greater importance to trees and plants in their perception of bird species in urban greenery, than less nature-oriented persons. Highly urban-oriented persons compared to less urban-oriented persons did the same, but only regarding urban greenery-related aesthetics and sounds of nature. We conclude that environment-related attitudes influence perceptions of green space. Moreover, our findings support the idea that biodiversity per se also influences perceptions; people value green space significantly more with high than with low measured biodiversity. Urban planning needs to provide city inhabitants with green spaces that are species-rich, lush, varied and rich with natural sounds.

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Effects of biodiversity and environment-related attitude on perception of urban green space

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“…These results seem to echo the complex relationships between people's preferences and perceived biodiversity values [55,56], under an apparent 'people-biodiversity paradox' [57]. In fact, the results for this paper echo other similar studies in which vegetation diversity was found to be moderately to very important [17,23,26] but contrasts with other studies that have identified negative preferences related to habitats of high plant species richness [56,58,59]. However, a moderate emphasis is given to animal species richness (7.8%, range by city, 6.8-9.5%), but even so, deserving a greater importance than in other studies [23,52,53].…”

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Preferences for Urban Green Space Characteristics: A Comparative Study in Three Portuguese Cities

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Many studies have argued that a better understanding of people's preferences about public urban green spaces may inform urban planners to effectively provide and manage urban green spaces to meet users' needs. The aim of this study is to examine urban residents preferred public green space characteristics and investigate whether similarities and differences can be highlighted in three different Portuguese cities. Through a web-based questionnaire based on the best-worst scaling (BWS) method, residents of Lisbon, Porto and Évora (n = 750) were asked to select the most and least important public green space characteristic among thirteen attributes. The results suggest a consensus about some green space characteristics across cities but also the existence of some local variations in city residents' preferences. Overall, this study can support public authorities and urban planners as they strive to effectively design and manage urban green spaces to meet users' needs.

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“…The analysis result of this study confirmed that people who live close to urban parks, green areas, religious institutions, and parkland tend to frequent involvement of physical activity. Another study conducted by Shanahan et al (2014) in Australia show usually tourists have been visiting parks near to their home than parks far from their home, which suggests that factors other than distance played a role. On the contrary, a UK based study conducted by Hillsdon et al (2006) show that there is no significant relationship between physical activity and green space availability as measured by distance and size of urban green spaces.…”

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Utilization patterns of urban green infrastructure in southern Ethiopia

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Olatubara³

2018

Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management

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ABSTRACT:Urban green infrastructure provides multi-functional socio-economic and environmental benefits and promotes physical, relaxation, and the social activities of the urban residents. This paper analyses the pattern of utilization of urban green infrastructure in Southern Ethiopia. Data were collected using structured questionnaires, key informant interview and focus group discussion. The collected data also analysed using descriptive statistics and ANOVA. The majority (78%) of the respondents visit green corridors in Hawassa. 68% of respondents visit parks in Wolayita Sodo, while, 62% of the respondents visited home garden in Bodity town. There is an overall significant (0.000) variation in the utilization of green infrastructures among urban centres. Based on Post-Hoc Test there is a statistically significant (p = 0.017) difference in the utilisation of green infrastructure in between Hawassa city and Wolayita Sodo as well as between Hawassa and Bodity town (p = 0.000), but there was no significant (p = 0.113) difference between Wolayita Sodo and Bodity town. Majority (34.6%, 31.6% and 32.4%) of respondents visit Lakeshore, Junior Park, and Bodity Stadium in Hawassa, Wolayita Sodo and Bodity town respectively. Green corridors in Hawassa, urban parks in Wolayita Sodo and Bodity Stadium in Bodity town was the most frequently visited GI types. Recreational, physical and social activities were the main reasons for visiting urban green infrastructure in the study area. The pattern of utilization of green infrastructure types varies significantly among the three urban centres. Urban planners, designers, and ecologists, therefore, need to focus on urban green infrastructure planning, strategies to promote the utilization of green infrastructure in the urban environment sustainably.

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What is the role of trees and remnant vegetation in attracting people to urban parks?

Cited by 130 publications

References 75 publications

Effects of biodiversity and environment-related attitude on perception of urban green space

Effects of biodiversity and environment-related attitude on perception of urban green space

Preferences for Urban Green Space Characteristics: A Comparative Study in Three Portuguese Cities

Utilization patterns of urban green infrastructure in southern Ethiopia

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