Preferences and Perception Influencing Usage of Neighborhood Public Urban Green Spaces in Fast Urbanizing Indian City
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods and Materials
2.1. Research Framework
2.2. Case Study
2.3. Data Collection and Sampling
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Respondents Socio-Demographic
3.2. Preferences: Neighborhood PUGS Visitation, Preferred Typology, Visitation Time and Frequency, Stay Time
3.3. Preferred Activities and Motives of Visitation
3.4. Perceived Satisfaction toward Neighborhood PUGS Characteristics
4. Discussion
4.1. Local Preferences, Visitation, and Usage
4.2. Activities, Motives and Assigned Values
4.3. Local Perceptions and Satisfaction
4.4. Recommendations, Limitations and Future Research
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Characteristic | Number | Percentage (%) |
---|---|---|
Respondent type | Household | 48 |
User | 52 | |
Gender | Male | 56.9 |
Female | 43.1 | |
Age group | 15–24 | 24.1 |
25–34 | 17.3 | |
35–44 | 17.7 | |
45–54 | 14.9 | |
55–64 | 13.6 | |
Above 65 | 12 | |
Education | Below high school | 3.7 |
High school | 15.7 | |
Diploma | 7.6 | |
Bachelors | 54.1 | |
Masters | 15.4 | |
PhD | 0.5 | |
Employment status | Employed | 43.5 |
Unemployed | 1.7 | |
Retiree | 13.6 | |
Student | 22.8 | |
House care giver | 18 |
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Lahoti, S.A.; Lahoti, A.; Dhyani, S.; Saito, O. Preferences and Perception Influencing Usage of Neighborhood Public Urban Green Spaces in Fast Urbanizing Indian City. Land 2023, 12, 1664. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12091664
Lahoti SA, Lahoti A, Dhyani S, Saito O. Preferences and Perception Influencing Usage of Neighborhood Public Urban Green Spaces in Fast Urbanizing Indian City. Land. 2023; 12(9):1664. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12091664
Chicago/Turabian StyleLahoti, Shruti Ashish, Ashish Lahoti, Shalini Dhyani, and Osamu Saito. 2023. "Preferences and Perception Influencing Usage of Neighborhood Public Urban Green Spaces in Fast Urbanizing Indian City" Land 12, no. 9: 1664. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12091664
APA StyleLahoti, S. A., Lahoti, A., Dhyani, S., & Saito, O. (2023). Preferences and Perception Influencing Usage of Neighborhood Public Urban Green Spaces in Fast Urbanizing Indian City. Land, 12(9), 1664. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12091664