Quality of urban parks in the perception of city residents with mobility difficulties
| Autor: | Magdalena Błaszczyk, Marzena Suchocka, Magdalena Muszyńska, Magdalena Wojnowska-Heciak |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Environmental Impacts
media_common.quotation_subject 0211 other engineering and technologies 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences Social survey 01 natural sciences Blind General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Wheelchair Perception Parents of children who use strollers to navigate in urban park Quality (business) Park accessibility Socioeconomics Neighbourhood (mathematics) 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common General Neuroscience 021107 urban & regional planning Vision impaired General Medicine Park availability General Social Survey A physical disability Geography People who use a wheelchair Carers/assistants of people with a disability Anthropology Limited mobility park users Social exclusion Public Health Limited mobility General Agricultural and Biological Sciences human activities |
| Zdroj: | PeerJ |
| ISSN: | 2167-8359 |
| Popis: | Urban parks should be inclusive for all. Availability and accessibility of urban parks determine the quality of life in cities. The importance of access increases for residents with limited mobility who, facing obstacles due to inadequate adjustment of the surrounding physical space, are exposed to social exclusion. Five groups of respondents completed a survey questionnaire revealing their attitudes towards green areas and indicating barriers to parks’ accessibility. The groups were designed to include blind and vision impaired people, those who use a wheelchair, have a physical disability of any kind, their carers/assistants and parents pushing strollers. The results revealed more similarities than differences among the five groups (the differences included preferences towards the neighbourhood and destination parks, physical barriers in parks, as well as using assistive technology devices and mobile assistive applications). Overall, city residents with mobility difficulties find those green public spaces as an important element of their life quality. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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