The influence of green space on community attachment of urban and suburban residents |
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| Authors: | Arne Arnberger Renate Eder |
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| Institution: | 1. University of California, Berkeley, 230 Wurster Hall #1820, Berkeley, CA 94720-1820, USA;2. School of Environment, Griffith University, Australia;3. School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, USA;1. Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor;2. Master Candidate, Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor;1. College of Forestry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China;2. Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Center for Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China;1. Departamento de Geografia, Universidade do Porto/CEGOT, Via Panorâmica s/n, 4150-564 Porto, Portugal;2. Escola Superior Agrária, Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Convento de Refóios, Refóios do Lima, 4990-706 Ponte de Lima, Portugal;3. Escola Superior de Comunicação Social, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Campus de Benfica, 1549-014 Lisboa, Portugal;4. Institut d’Urbanisme de Paris, Université Paris Est/Lab’urba, 61, avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94010 Créteil Cedex, France;1. Urban Research Program, Griffith School of Environment, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD 4222, Australia;2. Department of Geography, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong |
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| Abstract: | Although community attachment and urban green space provide many benefits to local residents, the relationship between them seems to be unknown. The aim of the study was to analyse this relationship. The objective was to investigate the influence of public green space and recreation behaviour on community attachment and explore differences in community attachment between urban and suburban residents of the Vienna region. To a large degree, both study areas border on, and share, the same recreation areas along the Danube River and are subject to urban sprawl. A mail survey was carried out in 2006 to ask local residents (N = 602) about community green space, recreation behaviour, community qualities, ownership of private green space and community attachment. Urban residents showed higher community attachment, valued the community green space higher and perceived a better quality of life in their community than the suburban sample. Regression analysis identified perceived green space supply and qualities, recreation behaviour, and residential variables predicting community attachment. Different predictors were found for the community attachment of the samples, while several public green space-related items were consistent and strong predictors. The study findings suggest that the perceived supply and quality of green space can foster community attachment. |
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