Spatial scale influences how people value and perceive green open space

It is important for landscape planners and managers to understand how urban residents value and interact with green open spaces. However, the effect of spatial scale on values and perceptions of green open spaces has to date received little attention. This study explored the influence of spatial sca...

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Main Authors:	Ives, Christopher D., Gordon, Ascelin, Oke, Cathy, Raymond, Christopher M., Hehir, Ailish, Bekessy, Sarah A.
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Language:	English
Published:	Taylor & Francis 2017
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spelling	nottingham-469072017-11-19T17:38:42Z http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46907/ Spatial scale influences how people value and perceive green open space Ives, Christopher D. Gordon, Ascelin Oke, Cathy Raymond, Christopher M. Hehir, Ailish Bekessy, Sarah A. It is important for landscape planners and managers to understand how urban residents value and interact with green open spaces. However, the effect of spatial scale on values and perceptions of green open spaces has to date received little attention. This study explored the influence of spatial scale using Public Participation GIS (PPGIS) methods in the Lower Hunter region of Australia. By asking respondents to assign markers denoting various values and preferences to green spaces displayed on maps of their suburb and municipality, the influence of scale could be assessed experimentally. A greater abundance and diversity of value markers were consistently assigned at the suburb scale, yet this pattern was more pronounced for some values (e.g. physical activity) than others (e.g. nature, cultural significance). The strength of this relationship was related to socio-demographic variables such as education and income. These results have implications for understanding human-environment relationships and the use of PPGIS techniques to inform environmental planning. Taylor & Francis 2017-11-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46907/1/Ives%20et%20al%202017%20JEPM%20Accepted.pdf Ives, Christopher D. and Gordon, Ascelin and Oke, Cathy and Raymond, Christopher M. and Hehir, Ailish and Bekessy, Sarah A. (2017) Spatial scale influences how people value and perceive green open space. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management . ISSN 1360-0559 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09640568.2017.1388219 doi:10.1080/09640568.2017.1388219 doi:10.1080/09640568.2017.1388219
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description	It is important for landscape planners and managers to understand how urban residents value and interact with green open spaces. However, the effect of spatial scale on values and perceptions of green open spaces has to date received little attention. This study explored the influence of spatial scale using Public Participation GIS (PPGIS) methods in the Lower Hunter region of Australia. By asking respondents to assign markers denoting various values and preferences to green spaces displayed on maps of their suburb and municipality, the influence of scale could be assessed experimentally. A greater abundance and diversity of value markers were consistently assigned at the suburb scale, yet this pattern was more pronounced for some values (e.g. physical activity) than others (e.g. nature, cultural significance). The strength of this relationship was related to socio-demographic variables such as education and income. These results have implications for understanding human-environment relationships and the use of PPGIS techniques to inform environmental planning.
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author	Ives, Christopher D. Gordon, Ascelin Oke, Cathy Raymond, Christopher M. Hehir, Ailish Bekessy, Sarah A.
spellingShingle	Ives, Christopher D. Gordon, Ascelin Oke, Cathy Raymond, Christopher M. Hehir, Ailish Bekessy, Sarah A. Spatial scale influences how people value and perceive green open space
author_facet	Ives, Christopher D. Gordon, Ascelin Oke, Cathy Raymond, Christopher M. Hehir, Ailish Bekessy, Sarah A.
author_sort	Ives, Christopher D.
title	Spatial scale influences how people value and perceive green open space
title_short	Spatial scale influences how people value and perceive green open space
title_full	Spatial scale influences how people value and perceive green open space
title_fullStr	Spatial scale influences how people value and perceive green open space
title_full_unstemmed	Spatial scale influences how people value and perceive green open space
title_sort	spatial scale influences how people value and perceive green open space
publisher	Taylor & Francis
publishDate	2017
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Spatial scale influences how people value and perceive green open space

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