title: Structural diversity: a multi-dimensional approach to assess recreational services in urban parks.
abstract: Urban green spaces provide important recreational services for urban residents. In general, when park visitors enjoy "the green," they are in actuality appreciating a mix of biotic, abiotic, and man-made park infrastructure elements and qualities. We argue that these three dimensions of structural diversity have an influence on how people use and value urban parks. We present a straightforward approach for assessing urban parks that combines multi-dimensional landscape mapping and questionnaire surveys. We discuss the method as well the results from its application to differently sized parks in Berlin and Salzburg.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geography and Geology, University Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstr. 34, 5020, Salzburg, Austria, annette.voigt@sbg.ac.at.
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Voigt
authors.forename: Nadja
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kabisch
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wurster
authors.forename: Dagmar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Haase
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Breuste
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D001604:Berlin; D044822:Biodiversity; D002947:Cities; D006801:Humans; D011633:Public Facilities; D011998:Recreation / Q000523:psychology*
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