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Mobile Application-Based Field Survey as a Possible Tool for Investigating Visitors’ Perception and Preferences of the Vegetation in Urban Parks

Authors : Péter Szilassi, Jürgen Breuste, Ronald A. Kolcsár, Gerhard Aigner

Published in: Making Green Cities

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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In recent years, numerous studies have reported the importance of the human perception of the qualities of urban green spaces. While we can measure the value of most ecosystem services quantitatively, the real values of the individual vegetation are often determined by human perception. Creating and maintaining vegetation in a way that it meets the most needs, urban planners and decision-makers need to understand the differences between visitor preferences regarding various structural vegetation types (SVT). In the present study, we tested a mobile application-based survey method (Park Survey) as a possible tool for the assessment of human perception and preferences regarding park vegetation. The subjects of the investigation were university students in Salzburg, Austria. The results indicated participants’ general inclination of the forest vegetation type, while aesthetically groves and water areas were the most valued SVTs. Future evaluation of visitors' or other focus groups' attitudes towards urban vegetation utilization of Park Survey could prove as a highly effective surveying method.

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Title: Mobile Application-Based Field Survey as a Possible Tool for Investigating Visitors’ Perception and Preferences of the Vegetation in Urban Parks
Authors: Péter Szilassi
Jürgen Breuste
Ronald A. Kolcsár
Gerhard Aigner
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Making Green Cities
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-73088-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-73089-5

Copyright Year: 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73089-5_33

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