The Use of Green Infrastructure in the Suburbs: Insights from Three European Cities
Living close to green infrastructure (GI) components might be the dream of many people who are often exposed to cities’ pollution, congestion, or lack of green amenities. Due to its multiple benefits, green infrastructure plays a significant role in driving people’s decisions to leave inner-city are...
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| author | Constantina-Alina Hossu Jürgen Breuste Ioan-Cristian Iojă Diana Andreea Onose Alexandra Vrînceanu Lidia Ponizy Iwona Zwierzchowska Roksana Kryger Andrzej Mizgajski |
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| description | Living close to green infrastructure (GI) components might be the dream of many people who are often exposed to cities’ pollution, congestion, or lack of green amenities. Due to its multiple benefits, green infrastructure plays a significant role in driving people’s decisions to leave inner-city areas and move to suburban locations. However, how GI components are used once people move into the suburbs must be better understood. Thus, this study explores residents’ rationales for leaving the inner city and moving to the suburbs and how they use suburban GI components. A survey was undertaken in six suburbs from three European cities: Poznań (Poland), Salzburg (Austria), and Bucharest (Romania). We found that people self-reported that green amenities were the main reason for choosing a suburban residence. Furthermore, those residents who moved to the suburbs were more interested in using their private gardens than larger parks and prefer natural green areas with high potential for recreation to agricultural landscapes for leisure. This study advocates for investment in private green spaces in suburban developments due to their deep interweaving with residents’ leisure preferences. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-cffb7336c0314499a6f56f4a89a33a282025-08-20T01:53:57ZengMDPI AGLand2073-445X2024-11-011311186210.3390/land13111862The Use of Green Infrastructure in the Suburbs: Insights from Three European CitiesConstantina-Alina Hossu0Jürgen Breuste1Ioan-Cristian Iojă2Diana Andreea Onose3Alexandra Vrînceanu4Lidia Ponizy5Iwona Zwierzchowska6Roksana Kryger7Andrzej Mizgajski8Centre for Environmental Research and Impact Studies, University of Bucharest, 1 Nicolae Balcescu Boulevard, 010041 Bucharest, RomaniaSURE International Center Urban Ecology, Institute for Geography, University Hildesheim, Universitätsplatz 1, 31141 Hildesheim, GermanyCentre for Environmental Research and Impact Studies, University of Bucharest, 1 Nicolae Balcescu Boulevard, 010041 Bucharest, RomaniaCentre for Environmental Research and Impact Studies, University of Bucharest, 1 Nicolae Balcescu Boulevard, 010041 Bucharest, RomaniaInstitute of Geography, Romanian Academy, 12 Dimitrie Racovita, 023993 Bucharest, RomaniaDepartment of Integrated Geography, Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University, ul. Bogumiła Krygowskiego 10, 61-680 Poznań, PolandDepartment of Integrated Geography, Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University, ul. Bogumiła Krygowskiego 10, 61-680 Poznań, PolandDepartment of Integrated Geography, Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University, ul. Bogumiła Krygowskiego 10, 61-680 Poznań, PolandInstitute of Management and Quality Studies, Calisia University, ul. Nowy Świat 4, 62-800 Kalisz, PolandLiving close to green infrastructure (GI) components might be the dream of many people who are often exposed to cities’ pollution, congestion, or lack of green amenities. Due to its multiple benefits, green infrastructure plays a significant role in driving people’s decisions to leave inner-city areas and move to suburban locations. However, how GI components are used once people move into the suburbs must be better understood. Thus, this study explores residents’ rationales for leaving the inner city and moving to the suburbs and how they use suburban GI components. A survey was undertaken in six suburbs from three European cities: Poznań (Poland), Salzburg (Austria), and Bucharest (Romania). We found that people self-reported that green amenities were the main reason for choosing a suburban residence. Furthermore, those residents who moved to the suburbs were more interested in using their private gardens than larger parks and prefer natural green areas with high potential for recreation to agricultural landscapes for leisure. This study advocates for investment in private green spaces in suburban developments due to their deep interweaving with residents’ leisure preferences.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/11/1862suburban residential areagreen infrastructuresurveyPoznańSalzburgBucharest |
| spellingShingle | Constantina-Alina Hossu Jürgen Breuste Ioan-Cristian Iojă Diana Andreea Onose Alexandra Vrînceanu Lidia Ponizy Iwona Zwierzchowska Roksana Kryger Andrzej Mizgajski The Use of Green Infrastructure in the Suburbs: Insights from Three European Cities Land suburban residential area green infrastructure survey Poznań Salzburg Bucharest |
| title | The Use of Green Infrastructure in the Suburbs: Insights from Three European Cities |
| title_full | The Use of Green Infrastructure in the Suburbs: Insights from Three European Cities |
| title_fullStr | The Use of Green Infrastructure in the Suburbs: Insights from Three European Cities |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Use of Green Infrastructure in the Suburbs: Insights from Three European Cities |
| title_short | The Use of Green Infrastructure in the Suburbs: Insights from Three European Cities |
| title_sort | use of green infrastructure in the suburbs insights from three european cities |
| topic | suburban residential area green infrastructure survey Poznań Salzburg Bucharest |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/11/1862 |
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