Investigating the Citizens’ Views and Perceptions About the Urban Forest Infrastructure and Services of Komotini, Greece
Author:
Andrea Veronika1, Tampakis Stilianos2, Karanikola Paraskevi1, Galatsidas Spyros1, Giannakopoulos Dimitrios1
Affiliation:
1. Department of Forestry and Management of the Environment and Natural Resources, Democritus University of Thrace, Orestiada, Greece 2. Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Environment, School of Forestry and Natural Environment, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Abstract
Urban and suburban forests are vital for the citizens’ quality of life. Several beneficial functions offorests are provided to the city dwellers if the proper infrastructures and services are efficiently designed orimproved in urban forests. The case study investigates the urban forest of Komotini city in Greece according toits citizens’ views. The assess the existing infrastructures and with the use of hierarchical log-linear analysis thetypology of their visit, the infrastructural status and safety issues are associated to provide a better understandingin the citizens’ attitudes. Also factor analysis is applied, while random sampling was implemented in the research.Major findings reveal that certain policies should be designed for the effectively utilization of the urban forestfor fitness and recreation reasons. Also, the safety conditions ought to be enhanced as most of the citizens areunsatisfied.
Publisher
World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS)
Subject
General Energy,General Environmental Science,Geography, Planning and Development
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