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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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