The preference and actual use of different types of rural recreation areas by urban dwellers--the Hamburg case study.

ABSTRACT: In the wake of urbanisation processes and the constitution of metropolitan regions, the role of the city's rural surroundings is receiving more attention from researchers and planners as rural areas offer various (cultural) ecosystem services for the urban population. Urban dwellers increasingly desire recreation and landscape experience. Although this need for recreation is generally recognized, few studies have focused on the question of people's preferences for certain types and characteristics of outdoor recreation areas in relation to the frequency of use. In order to acquire baseline data on this subject, the main objectives of this study were to explore recreation preferences of urban dwellers and the relation between actual use and perceived value of recreation areas in a case stud

SUBMITTER: Boll T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4196755 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature