People Prefer Greener Corridors: Evidence from Linking the Patterns of Tree and Shrub Diversity and Users’ Preferences in Lisbon’s Green Corridors
| Autor: | Teresa Dias, Juscidalva Rodrigues de Almeida, Reginaldo de Oliveira Nunes |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Geography Planning and Development ved/biology.organism_classification_rank.species relative abundance TJ807-830 Management Monitoring Policy and Law TD194-195 Shrub Renewable energy sources GE1-350 species richness Recreation Relative species abundance media_common Environmental effects of industries and plants Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment Agroforestry ved/biology Evergreen functional diversity Environmental sciences green corridor function(s) human wellbeing Tree (data structure) Geography Species richness Psychological resilience Diversity (politics) |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 13228, p 13228 (2021) Sustainability; Volume 13; Issue 23; Pages: 13228 Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) instacron:RCAAP |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| Popis: | Despite its importance as a component of urban green spaces, as far as we are aware no study has focused on plant diversity in urban green corridors (GCs). Therefore, this study aimed at: (i) characterizing tree and shrub communities in Lisbon’s GCs and (ii) assessing whether GCs’ users value trees and shrubs. We counted Lisbon’s GCs users in the same places where we assessed the tree and shrub community. Along the nine GCs, we observed trees and shrubs belonging to 70 species, distributed across 35 families with most (≥50%) species and plants being trees, exotic, pollinated by insects, with fruit dispersion by animals, evergreen leaves, and producing dry fruits. Most GCs had a similar number of users (20–30 users h−1 survey−1) except for those of Central and Ribeirinho, which were more frequented (60 and 100 users h−1 survey−1, respectively). Most users (≥50%) were adults, walking accompanied, and performing leisure activities. Finally, the number of users was shown to be influenced by: (i) tree and shrub relative abundance, confirming that users preferred greener corridors; and (ii) function(s), showing that users preferred the most multifunctional GCs (i.e., GCs fulfilling ecological, cultural, and recreational functions). Our data suggest that Lisbon’s GCs favor more the inclusion of citizens than ecological functionality and resilience. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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