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1 = 1.2.2 Users and use of green spaces for diversity =
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5 ====== **Description** ======
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7 This KPI measures the recreation opportunities available by urban green infrastructure.
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9 This KPI aims to measure the increase of opportunities related to green infrastructures (Derkzen et al. 2015), being valued for recreation, social interaction, education and supporting healthy living (satisfaction).
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12 ====== **Scale as linked to D2.2 framework** ======
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14 * City
15 * Neighborhood
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18 ====== **Data source [ link to data framework]** ======
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20 URBAN GreenUP approach:
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22 * Focus group questionnaire
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24 Her City approach:
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26 * Participant assessment by observing the local green spaces
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29 ====== **Data needs** ======
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31 URBAN GreenUP approach:
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33 * Recreation opportunities scored by focus group
34 * The availability of recreation opportunities can be measured considering different elements: types of urban green infrastructure; degree of naturalness; aesthetics; scenic beauty; and presence of water. Users were asked to score these elements according to the relative importance. Scores were discussed during a focus group.
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36 Her City approach:
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38 * Survey (Very good-good-fair-poor-very poor) on the following section:
39 * Number and variety of users accessing the public space
40 * Number and variety of activities observed in the public space among time and space
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42 Additional data needs for DivAirCity:
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44 * 6+1 information of assessors
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47 ====== **Expected Outputs** ======
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49 * Level of uses and usability  of green spaces in the neighbourhood according to 6+1 groups
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52 ====== **Calculation methods** ======
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54 URBAN GreenUP approach:
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56 * Baseline and post-intervention measurements of user engagement with NBS through walking and cycling, types of activity undertaken in/with NBS (other than walking and cycling), frequency of interaction with NBS. Reported as frequency count data (interactions/week) (number of visitors, number of recreational activities) (Number of cultural events, people involved, and children in educational activities) value (Kabiisch and Haase 2014).
57 * Surface measurements shall be calculated with Geographical Information Systems (GIS). A Social Survey shall be calculated with the measurement of a questionnaire through standard software (Excel or SPSS).
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61 * Average based on the 5 Likert scale assessments by participants
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64 ====== **Links and references** ======
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66 * URBAN GreenUP Deliverable D2.4 - Monitoring program to Valladolid. https:~/~/www.urbangreenup.eu/insights/deliverables/d2-4~-~- -monitoring-program-to-valladolid.kl
67 * URBAN GreenUP Deliverable D3.4 - Monitoring program to Liverpool https:~/~/www.urbangreenup.eu/insights/deliverables/d3-4~-~- -monitoring-program-to-liverpool.kl
68 * URBAN GreenUP Deliverable D4.4 – Monitoring program to Izmir https:~/~/www.urbangreenup.eu/insights/deliverables/d4-4~-~- monitoring-program-to-izmir.kl
69 * URBAN GreenUP Deliverable D5.3: City Diagnosis and Monitoring Procedures https:~/~/www.urbangreenup.eu/insights/deliverables/d5-3- city-diagnosis-and-monitoring-procedures.kl Questionnaires applied to the population for the recreational and cultural benefits of green spaces (Kabisch and Haase, 2014).
70 * Derkzen, M.L., van Teeffelen, A.J.A., Verburg, P.H., 2015. Quantifying urban ecosystem services based on high resolution data of urban green space: An assessment for Rotterdam, the Netherlands. J. Appl. Ecol. 52, 1020–1032. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12469
71 * QGIS 3 – Userguide. https:~/~/www.qgis.org/en/site/ QGIS Development Team 2013.
72 * QGIS Geographic Information System. Open Source Geospatial Foundation. URL http:~/~/qgis.osgeo.org
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77 |**Version**|**Name**|**Date**|**Changes made**
78 |**0.1**|Hyunji(EcoWise)|11/02/2022|Factsheet created
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