Usage behavior and health benefit perception of youth in urban parks: A case study from Qingdao, China.

ABSTRACT: With the development of the urban park, people's cognition of the relationship between the environment and public health has been improved, and higher requirements for the living environment have been put forward. As an important group of park users, youths often have different needs regarding the health benefits brought by urban parks. To explore the potential relationship among youth's satisfaction with urban parks, their usage behavior, and health benefit perception, this article presents some constructive suggestions for the development of healthy landscapes in urban parks. Researchers have selected five typical urban parks from different areas in Qingdao, China. Furthermore, we have used the survey method by combining the practices of "issuing questionnaires, observing and interviewin

SUBMITTER: Yao W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9381962 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature