Access to urban green spaces in Hannover: An exploration considering age groups, recreational nature qualities and potential demand.

ABSTRACT: City dwellers' accessibility of urban green spaces (UGS) has recently gained immense interest in research and policy. Related scientific studies thus far have focused primarily on spatial distances, largely missing considerations of UGS qualities. We analysed the entire UGS setting of Hannover considering the recreational nature quality and potential demands to identify age-appropriate green spaces by applying a geographic information system analysis of several data sets. Additionally, we assessed the accessibility of UGS for different age groups, varying recreational nature qualities, and potential demands. Results indicate that children and elderly people have poor access to UGS that offers age-related requirements to enable unrestricted nature-based recreation. Nature quality and age-re

SUBMITTER: Weber R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9849547 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature