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2023 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Searching for the Perfect Balance in the Multifunctionality of Urban Green Parks

Authors : Mihai-Răzvan Niţă, Cristian Ioja, Ana-Maria Popa

Published in: Making Green Cities

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Urban parks are elements delivering at an urban level a variety of ecosystem services, attracting a wide range of visitors with specific requirements. These benefits brought by their multifunctionality need to be carefully balanced with potential dysfunctions. Using an urban park from Bucharest, Romania, as a case study, we analyzed the perception of visitors regarding the multitude of park functions and their benefits and dysfunctions. For the last 12 years, we applied questionnaires which revealed that the profile of visits has shifted as people access the park more frequently, but spend less time with each visit, and tend to have a very specialized profile, accessing a single park function. Some of the visitors are in an almost conflicting situation between the activity they access and other opposing park functions. Our results are of significant importance and should be used to integrating the multifunctionality of urban parks in the planning process.

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Metadata
Title
Searching for the Perfect Balance in the Multifunctionality of Urban Green Parks
Authors
Mihai-Răzvan Niţă
Cristian Ioja
Ana-Maria Popa
Copyright Year
2023
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_34