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| Home, Robert; Bauer, Nicole; Hunziker, Marcel. |
| Dramatically increasing urbanization is observable worldwide and brings pressure on space within urban areas as the built environment intensifies. Considerable evidence suggests that contact with nature is important for city dwellers, although it is not known whether residents’ appreciation of the forms of urban green spaces is constant across different contexts. More specifically, it has not yet been shown whether our appreciation of nature is innate and inherently human, is cultural and something that we learn, or is a mixture of both. This article describes an exploratory study consisting of 17 interviews carried out in Zurich, Switzerland. Kelly’s repertory grid technique is used to identify preferred urban landscapes, which were contrasted with... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Environmental aspects. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/28889/1/home-etal-2010-Environment-Behavior-42-2-p494-523.pdf |
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| Home, Robert; Hunziker, Marcel; Bauer, Nicole. |
| High-density urban living means that urban green spaces are important nodes of contact with nature. This study examines expected outcomes that motivate people to seek green spaces in urban settings. A sample of Swiss residents were presented with Shin, Kwon, Hammitt, and Kim's (2005) psychosocial outcomes scale and asked which activities they choose to undertake in nearby natural areas. The most important motivations for visiting nearby green spaces were related to restoration, with social bonding as a desirable side benefit. There were few observable differences between urban and rural residents and level of education attained. Older people are motivated to visit nearby green spaces by the wish to seek social contact while younger people are motivated by... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Policy environments and social economy; Landscape and recreation. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/28898/1/home-etal-2012-LeisureSciences-34-p350-365.pdf |
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| Frey, David; Young, Christopher; Zanetta, Andrea; Tresch, Simon; Fliessbach, Andreas; Bauer, Nicole; Lewis, Olivia; Home, Robert; Moretti, Marco. |
| Die trans- und interdisziplinäre Studie BetterGardens wird vom Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau FiBL (Projektleitung) und von der Eidgenössischen Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft WSL durchgeführt. Sie findet in den drei Städten Bern, Lausanne und Zürich statt. Das Projekt wird von städtischen Behörden und dem Schweizerischen Familiengärtnerverband unterstützt und vom Nationalfonds (Sinergia) finanziert. BetterGardens untersucht die sozialen und ökologischen Eigenschaften von Gärten in der Stadt sowie deren Wechselwirkungen. Die Studie zielt darauf hin, wissenschaftliche Grundlagen für Gartenformen zu schaffen, welche Biodiversität fördern und Ökosystemleistungen in der Stadt erbringen. Sie soll ausserdem den Wert urbaner... |
| Tipo: Newspaper or magazine article |
Palavras-chave: Community development; Soil quality; Biodiversity and ecosystem services. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/34343/1/Tresch-2017-Bettergardens.pdf |
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| Home, Robert; Lewis, Olivia; Bauer, Nicole; Fliessbach, Andreas; Frey, David; Lichtensteiner, Stéphanie; Moretti, Marco; Tresch, Simon; Young, Christopher; Zanetta, Andrea; Stolze, Matthias. |
| Gardens have effects on the local ecology as well as on the wellbeing of the gardener, but few studies have attempted to study gardens using both ecological and social outcome variables. The aim of this exploratory study is to address this research gap by identifying the characteristics of gardens and the management practices of gardeners that enhance the outcomes of gardening, which we separate into three dimensions: human wellbeing, biodiversity, and soil quality. Data were collected from 18 gardens in Zurich, Switzerland and a typology of gardeners was dentified,which included ‘conservationist’, ‘functional’, ‘minimumeffort’, ‘child-friendly’, and ‘aesthetic’ gardeners. |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Soil quality; Landscape and recreation; Switzerland. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/34340/1/Home-2018-Article-EffectsOfGardenManagementPract.pdf |
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| Lichtsteiner, Stéphanie; Home, Robert; Moretti, Marco; Frey, David; Fliessbach, Andreas; Tresch, Simon; Young, Christopher; Bauer, Nicole. |
| Die Wechselwirkungen zwischen Gärten als Lebensraum für Pflanzen und Tiere, den Bewirtschaftungsweisen der Gärten sowie dem Wohlbefinden der Gartennutzer und der Stadtbevölkerung sind wichtige aktuelle Forschungsfelder, die bislang nur wenig untersucht wurden. Im interund transdisziplinären Forschungsprojekt «BetterGardens» sollen diese Zusammenhänge analysiert und Strategien zur nachhaltigen Bewirtschaftung von Stadtgärten erarbeitet werden. |
| Tipo: Newspaper or magazine article |
Palavras-chave: Biodiversity and ecosystem services; Policy environments and social economy. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/31116/1/lichtsteiner-etal-2016-Hotspot-no33-p22.pdf |
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| Home, Robert; Lewis, Olivia; Bauer, Nicole; Fliessbach, Andreas; Frey, David; Lichtsteiner, Stéphanie; Moretti, Marco; Tresch, Simon; Young, Christopher; Zanetta, Andrea; Stolze, Matthias. |
| This is a pre-print of an article published in Urban Ecosystems. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-018-0806-2. The aim of this exploratory study is to address this research gap by identifying the characteristics of gardens and the management practices of gardeners that enhance the outcomes of gardening, which we separate into three dimensions: human wellbeing, biodiversity, and soil quality. Data were collected from 18 gardens in Zurich, Switzerland and a typology of gardeners was identified, which included ‘conservationist’, ‘functional’, ‘minimum effort’, ‘child-friendly’, and ‘aesthetic’ gardeners. The conservationist gardeners were found to have, on average, the highest species richness in their... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Farming Systems; Environmental aspects. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/36461/1/Effects%20of%20garden%20management%20practices.pdf |
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