The effects of naturalness,gender, and age on how urban green space is perceived and used |
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| Institution: | 1. Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 66, SE 23053 Alnarp, Sweden;2. Department of Social Work and Psychology, University of Gävle, SE 80176 Gävle, Sweden;3. Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, P.O. Box 461, SE 40530 Göteborg, Sweden;4. Department of Forest Resource Management, c/o Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7044, SE 75007 Uppsala, Sweden;1. Department of Education, Experimental Psychology Laboratory, Roma Tre University, Italy;2. Department of Human Studies, Libera Università Maria Ss. Assunta (LUMSA), Italy;3. Department of Agricultural and Environmental Science, University of Bari, Italy;4. Department of Agrifood Production and Environmental Sciences, University of Florence, Italy;5. Department of Agriculture, Food and Forest Systems Management, University of Florence, Italy;6. Department for Innovation in Biological, Agro-food and Forest systems, Tuscia University, Italy;7. Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry, University of Padua, Italy;1. Institute of Geography, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Germany;2. Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, 04318 Leipzig, Germany;3. Department of Computational Landscape Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, 04318 Leipzig, Germany;1. Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Naples “Parthenope”, 80143 Naples, Italy;2. Department of Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, Campus de Cartuja, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain;1. Independent Researcher, Slovenia;2. OPENspace Research Centre, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh EH3 9DF, UK;1. Institute of Landscape Development, Recreation and Conservation Planning, Department of Spatial, Landscape and Infrastructural Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, 1190 Vienna, Austria;2. Department of Sociology, University of Vienna, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1090 Vienna, Austria;3. Institute of Environmental Health, Center for Public Health, Medical University Vienna, Kinderspitalgasse 15, 1090 Vienna, Austria |
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| Abstract: | Neighbourhood green space serves an important function for the urban population, and provides valuable ecosystem services for human well-being. In this article, we investigate the effects of naturalness, gender, and age on the activities, aesthetics, and self-reported well-being associated with urban green space. Our findings are based on a postal survey of residents living in close proximity to six different green spaces in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden. It is shown that higher perceived naturalness generated more activities and higher aesthetic values and self-reported well-being for residents living close to urban green spaces. The results also indicated that, regardless of the type of naturalness, women were more active in urban green spaces than were men. Women also saw greater aesthetic value in green spaces than men did, and had higher self-reported well-being associated with the urban green spaces. Finally, older residents were shown to participate in a greater number of nature-related activities than younger residents. Older residents also saw greater aesthetic values and had higher self-reported well-being associated with urban green spaces than younger people did. Seemingly, this poses a considerable planning challenge if areas of perceived naturalness are to be retained in cities, since the present trend is for reduced green spaces in cities and a ‘parkification’ of surviving natural areas. Further, because of the importance of perceived natural areas to the elderly, and in particularly women, distances to urban green areas should not be too great. |
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| Keywords: | Cultural ecosystem services Green infrastructure Landscape planning Well-being |
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