Urban Green Space Usage and Nature Satisfaction: Across Life Course Phases and Socio-Economic Classes

by Tetiana Dovbischuk

Overview

This book provides an analysis of nature satisfaction, nature relatedness, and the motivations for using urban green spaces. It explores the use of spaces such as parks, waterfronts, wooded areas, and fields among different life course phases and socio-economic classes.

Through a detailed analysis of primary data from two major German cities, Cologne and Hamburg, the book examines the availability, use, and satisfaction with urban green spaces and provides insights into the predictors of nature satisfaction in an urban context. The book also combines the subjective assessments of the respondents with objective data. It considers the varying reliance on urban green spaces due to the availability of private green spaces and individual nature relatedness. It provides insights on the needs of different population groups in cities, providing a scientific basis for improving or implementing green space planning approaches.

This book will be of interest to researchers in sociology, urban studies, public health, environmental studies, and human geography.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032900988
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/06/2024
Pages:	92
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Tetiana Dovbischuk is Research Associate at the Chair of Ecologisation and Quantitative Methods of Social Research at the University of Hamburg, Germany.

Table of Contents

Introduction 

Chapter 1 Beneficial effects of residential greenery in urban context           

Chapter 2 Research design 

2.1       Field study information         

2.2       Demographic characteristics in the sample and in the official statistics         

2.3       Shaping a robust research design      

2.4       Data processing and analysis 

Chapter 3 Use of neighbourhood green spaces     

3.1       Use of green residential areas by life course phase and social class   

3.1.1    Parks  

3.1.2    Waterfront areas        

3.1.3    Woods

3.1.4    Fields and meadows  

3.2       Duration of stay in green spaces        

3.3       Spatial distribution of green spaces on the basis of official statistics         

Chapter 4 Nature relatedness in cities      

4.1       Measurement and methodological considerations    

4.2       Nature relatedness in life course phases and social classes   

Chapter 5 Satisfaction with green spaces in the neighbourhood

Chapter 6 Concluding remarks