Biodiverse urban forests, happy people: Experimental evidence linking perceived biodiversity, restoration, and emotional wellbeing

TPL Nghiem, KL Wong, L Jeevanandam… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2021 - Elsevier
Here we investigate whether perceived biodiversity is linked to emotional wellbeing, taking
into account the individual level of connection to nature, and whether such relationship is …

Accessibility and use of peri-urban green space for inner-city dwellers: A comparative study

V Žlender, CW Thompson - Landscape and urban planning, 2017 - Elsevier
Peri-urban landscape, space between the rural and urban setting, has generally been seen
in planning practice as space in a transient state, likely to be developed in the future …

[HTML][HTML] Characteristics and emerging patterns of forest conflicts in Europe-What can they tell us?

D Nousiainen, B Mola-Yudego - Forest Policy and Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
As a result of increasing demand for forest products and expanding bioeconomy uses, the
relevance of forest conflicts is increasing in Europe. This study explores the distribution and …

The choice of forest site for recreation: A revealed preference analysis using spatial data

F Agimass, T Lundhede, TE Panduro, JB Jacobsen - Ecosystem Services, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, we investigate the factors that can influence the site choice of forest recreation.
Relevant attributes are identified by using spatial data analysis from a questionnaire asking …

Factors influencing residents' access to and use of country parks in Shanghai, China

X Gu, Q Li, S Chand - Cities, 2020 - Elsevier
A new type of green space “country park” has been established in mega cities in China to
deal with the challenges of the shortage of green space in built-up areas, and to meet the …

Preferences for variation in forest characteristics: Does diversity between stands matter?

A Filyushkina, F Agimass, T Lundhede, N Strange… - Ecological …, 2017 - Elsevier
The majority of existing studies of recreational preferences and forest characteristics focused
on single stand attributes and demonstrated that people prefer stands with visual variation …

Visitor preferences for visual changes in bark beetle-impacted forest recreation settings in the United States and Germany

A Arnberger, M Ebenberger, IE Schneider… - Environmental …, 2018 - Springer
Extensive outbreaks of tree-killing insects are increasing across forests in Europe and North
America due to climate change and other factors. Yet, little recent research examines visitor …

Spatial distributions and use patterns of user groups in urban forest parks: An examination utilizing GPS tracker

Y Zhai, PK Baran, C Wu - Urban forestry & urban greening, 2018 - Elsevier
Understanding the spatial distributions of visitors is critical for urban forest park planning and
management. Utilizing GPS trackers and a survey, this study focuses on two large urban …

Providing information to respondents in complex choice studies: A survey on recreational trail preferences in an urban nature park

I Sever, M Verbič - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper examined the recreational trail preferences of visitors in the Medvednica Nature
Park, a protected forest area on the outskirts of the City of Zagreb, the capital of Croatia. A …

Estimating willingness to pay for a cycling event using a willingness to travel approach

JC Whitehead, P Wicker - Tourism Management, 2018 - Elsevier
This study examines the monetary value of nonmarket benefits to participants of an active
sport tourism event, such as happiness and pride from participating in an event. Willingness …