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1. Public attitudes toward biodiversity‐friendly greenspace management in Europe

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Fischer, Leonie K., Neuenkamp, Lena, Lampinen, Jussi, Tuomi, Maria, Alday, Josu G., Bucharova, Anna, Cancellieri, Laura, Casado Arzuaga, Izaskun, Čeplová, Natálie, Cerveró, Lluïsa, Deák, Balázs, Eriksson, Ove, Fellowes, Mark D. E., Fernández de Manuel, Beatriz, Filibeck, Goffredo, González Guzmán, Adrián, Hinojosa, M. Belen, Kowarik, Ingo, Lumbierres, Belén, Miguel, Ana, Pardo, Rosa, Pons, Xavier, Rodríguez García, Encarna, Schröder, Roland, Sperandii, Marta Gaia, Unterweger, Philipp, Valkó, Orsolya, Vázquez, Víctor, Klaus, Valentin H., and European Commission

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biodiversity‐friendly greenspace management, lawn alternative, lcsh:QH1-199.5, biodiversity-friendly greenspace management, reduction, 580 Plants (Botany), lcsh:General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution, Biodiversity conservation, Biodiversity-friendly greenspace management, Environmental education, Environmental policy, Environmental responsibility, Lawn alternative, Maintenance intensity, Sustainable cityplanning, Urban grassland vegetation, Urban meadow, urban meadow, environmental policy, maintenance intensity, urban grassland vegetation, time, environmental responsibility, environmental concern, space, lawns, sustainable city planning, environmental education, biodiversity conservation, urban, meadows
Abstract

Increasing urbanization worldwide calls for more sustainable urban development. Simultaneously, the global biodiversity crisis accentuates the need of fostering biodiversity within cities. Policies supporting urban nature conservation need to understand people's acceptance of biodiversity‐friendly greenspace management. We surveyed more than 2,000 people in 19 European cities about their attitudes toward near‐natural urban grassland management in public greenspaces, and related their responses to nine sociocultural parameters. Results reveal that people across Europe can support urban biodiversity, yet within the frames of a generally tidy appearance of public greenery. Younger people and those using greenspaces for a greater variety of activities were more likely to favor biodiversity‐friendly greenspace management. Additionally, people who were aware of the meaning of biodiversity and those stating responsibility for biodiversity conservation particularly supported biodiversity‐friendly greenspace management. Our results point at explicit measures like environmental education to increase public acceptance of policies that facilitate nature conservation within cities., Conservation Letters, 13 (4), ISSN:1755-263X

Published
2020

2. Public attitudes toward biodiversity-friendly greenspace management in Europe

Author

Fischer, Leonie Katharina, Neuenkamp, Lena, Lampinen, Jussi, Tuomi, Maria W., Alday, Josu G., Bucharova, Anna, Cancellieri, Laura, Casado-Arzuaga, Izaskun, Čeplová, Natálie, Cerveró, Lluïsa, Deák, Balázs, Eriksson, Ove, Fellowes, Mark, Fernández de Manuel, Beatriz, Filibeck, Goffredo, González Guzmán, Adrián, Hinojosa, M. Belen, Kowarik, Ingo, Lumbierres, Belen, Miguel, Ana, Pardo, Rosa, Pons, Xavier, Rodríguez García, Encarna, Schröder, Roland, Sperandii, Marta Gaia, Unterweger, Philipp, Valkó, Orsolya, Vázquez, Víctor, Klaus, Valentin H., Fischer, L. K., Neuenkamp, L., Lampinen, J., Tuomi, M., Alday, J. G., Bucharova, A., Cancellieri, L., Casado-Arzuaga, I., Ceplova, N., Cervero, L., Deak, B., Eriksson, O., Fellowes, M. D. E., Fernandez de Manuel, B., Filibeck, G., Gonzalez-Guzman, A., Hinojosa, M. B., Kowarik, I., Lumbierres, B., Miguel, A., Pardo, R., Pons, X., Rodriguez-Garcia, E., Schroder, R., Sperandii, M. G., Unterweger, P., Valko, O., Vazquez, V., and Klaus, V. H.

Subjects
lawn alternative, urban meadow, environmental responsibility, environmental education, sustainable city planning, environmental policy, biodiversity-friendly greenspace management, maintenance intensity, urban grassland vegetation, biodiversity conservation
Abstract

Increasing urbanization worldwide calls for more sustainable urban development. Simultaneously, the global biodiversity crisis accentuates the need of fostering biodi versity within cities. Policies supporting urban nature conservation need to understand people’s acceptance of biodiversity-friendly greenspace management. We surveyed more than 2,000 people in 19 European cities about their attitudes toward near-natural urban grassland management in public greenspaces, and related their responses to nine sociocultural parameters. Results reveal that people across Europe can support urban biodiversity, yet within the frames of a generally tidy appearance of public greenery. Younger people and those using greenspaces for a greater variety of activities were more likely to favor biodiversity-friendly greenspace management. Additionally, peo ple who were aware of the meaning of biodiversity and those stating responsibility for biodiversity conservation particularly supported biodiversity-friendly greenspace management. Our results point at explicit measures like environmental education to increase public acceptance of policies that facilitate nature conservation within cities.

Published
2020

3. Acceptance of near-natural greenspace management relates to ecological and socio-cultural assigned values among European urbanites.

Author

Lampinen, Jussi, Tuomi, Maria, Fischer, Leonie K., Neuenkamp, Lena, Alday, Josu G., Bucharova, Anna, Cancellieri, Laura, Casado-Arzuaga, Izaskun, Čeplová, Natálie, Cerveró, Lluïsa, Deák, Balázs, Eriksson, Ove, Fellowes, Mark D.E., de Manuel, Beatriz Fernández, Filibeck, Goffredo, González-Guzmán, Adrián, Hinojosa, M. Belen, Kowarik, Ingo, Lumbierres, Belén, and Miguel, Ana

Subjects
CITY dwellers, URBAN biodiversity, BIODIVERSITY conservation, URBAN planning, GRASSLANDS
Abstract

Grasslands are widespread elements of urban greenspace providing recreational, psychological and aesthetic benefits to city residents. Two urban grassland types of contrasting management dominate urban greenspaces: frequently mown, species-poor short-cut lawns and less intensively managed, near-natural tall-grass meadows. The higher conservation value of tall-grass meadows makes management interventions such as converting short-cut lawns into tall-grass meadows a promising tool for urban biodiversity conservation. The societal success of such interventions, however, depends on identifying the values urban residents assign to different types of urban grasslands, and how these values translate to attitudes towards greenspace management. Using 2027 questionnaires across 19 European cities, we identify the assigned values that correlate with people's personal greenspace use and their preferences for different types of urban grasslands to determine how these values relate to the agreement with a scenario of converting 50% of their cities' short-cut lawns into tall-grass meadows. We found that most people assigned nature-related values, such as wildness, to tall-grass meadows and utility-related values, such as recreation, to short-cut lawns. Positive value associations of wildness and species richness with tall-grass meadows, and social and nature-related greenspace activities, positively correlated with agreeing to convert short-cut lawns into tall-grass meadows. Conversely, disapproval of lawn conversion correlated with positive value associations of cleanliness and recreation potential with short-cut lawns. Here, people using greenspaces for nature-related activities were outstandingly positive about lawn conversion. The results show that the plurality of values assigned to different types of urban grasslands should be considered in urban greenspace planning. For example, tall-grass meadows could be managed to also accommodate the values associated with short-cut lawns, such as tidiness and recreation potential, to support their societal acceptance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2021
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