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Opportunity or orientation? Who uses urban parks and why.

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العنوان: Opportunity or orientation? Who uses urban parks and why.
المؤلفون: Brenda B Lin, Richard A Fuller, Robert Bush, Kevin J Gaston, Danielle F Shanahan
المصدر: PLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 1, p e87422 (2014)
بيانات النشر: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014.
سنة النشر: 2014
المجموعة: LCC:Medicine
LCC:Science
مصطلحات موضوعية: Medicine, Science
الوصف: There is growing recognition that interactions with nature provide many desirable human well-being outcomes, yet increasing urbanization is degrading the quality and quantity of nature experiences. Thus, it has become increasingly important to understand how and why urban dwellers interact with nature. Studies of urban green space use have largely focused on the availability and ease of access to green space, suggesting that greater opportunities to experience such space will lead to increased use. However, a growing literature emphasizes the potential for an individual's nature orientation to affect their interaction with green space. Here we measure the importance of both opportunity and orientation factors in explaining urban park use. An urban lifestyle survey was deployed across Brisbane, Australia in November 2012 to assess patterns of green space use. Participants (n=1479) were asked to provide information on demographics, private yard use, park visitations in the past week, and their orientation toward nature. About 60% of those surveyed had visited a park in the past week, and while this park user population had significantly greater nearby park coverage (within a 250 m radius; p=0.006), a much stronger determinant of visitation was their higher nature orientation (p
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1932-6203
Relation: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24489913/?tool=EBI; https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087422
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/d1e70d877594424d8b0b8d8a1c61fea8
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.1e70d877594424d8b0b8d8a1c61fea8
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
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تدمد:19326203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0087422