Youth Perception of Public Spaces in the City
For any urban development, the opinion of the final stakeholders is essential. However, the uncensored youth perception regarding the urban environment is rarely included in the decision-making process. Here, we present the youth’s perception of public spaces in the city. The empirical research was...
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| description | For any urban development, the opinion of the final stakeholders is essential. However, the uncensored youth perception regarding the urban environment is rarely included in the decision-making process. Here, we present the youth’s perception of public spaces in the city. The empirical research was conducted in Kaunas, which is a typical tertiary city. That is why such results are comparable with findings from other middle-sized cities around the world. The photovoice research method was applied to gather data on youth perception of public spaces. The dataset consisted of 793 unique responses from young people. The qualitative analysis was conducted by using MaxQDA 24 software. Our findings suggest that young people prefer to spend time with friends in man-made urban environments rather than in natural or semi-natural green spaces. Many of their favourite places are considered to be well suited to young people’s needs. Suggestions for improving their favourite places mostly revolve around built infrastructure, yet many of them emphasise the importance of sustainable urban development. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-adeee725fbdf46d0b3769bf2c51ef41c2025-08-20T02:45:41ZengMDPI AGUrban Science2413-88512025-01-01922510.3390/urbansci9020025Youth Perception of Public Spaces in the CityJurgita Jurkevičienė0Paulina Budrytė1Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Mickevičiaus St. 37, LT-44244 Kaunas, LithuaniaFaculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Mickevičiaus St. 37, LT-44244 Kaunas, LithuaniaFor any urban development, the opinion of the final stakeholders is essential. However, the uncensored youth perception regarding the urban environment is rarely included in the decision-making process. Here, we present the youth’s perception of public spaces in the city. The empirical research was conducted in Kaunas, which is a typical tertiary city. That is why such results are comparable with findings from other middle-sized cities around the world. The photovoice research method was applied to gather data on youth perception of public spaces. The dataset consisted of 793 unique responses from young people. The qualitative analysis was conducted by using MaxQDA 24 software. Our findings suggest that young people prefer to spend time with friends in man-made urban environments rather than in natural or semi-natural green spaces. Many of their favourite places are considered to be well suited to young people’s needs. Suggestions for improving their favourite places mostly revolve around built infrastructure, yet many of them emphasise the importance of sustainable urban development.https://www.mdpi.com/2413-8851/9/2/25citypublic spaceperceptionurban developmentyouth |
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