1st Edition

Urban Green Space Usage and Nature Satisfaction Across Life Course Phases and Socio-Economic Classes

By Tetiana Dovbischuk Copyright 2025
92 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

92 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

92 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book provides an analysis of nature satisfaction, nature relatedness, and the motivations for using urban green spaces. It explores the use of spaces such as parks, waterfronts, wooded areas, and fields among different life course phases and socio-economic classes. Through a detailed analysis of primary data from two major German cities, Cologne and Hamburg, the book examines the... Read more

Introduction 

Chapter 1 Beneficial effects of residential greenery in urban context           

Chapter 2 Research design 

2.1       Field study information         

2.2       Demographic characteristics in the sample and in the official statistics         

2.3       Shaping a robust research design      

2.4       Data processing and analysis 

Chapter 3 Use of neighbourhood green spaces     

3.1       Use of green residential areas by life course phase and social class   

3.1.1    Parks  

3.1.2    Waterfront areas        

3.1.3    Woods

3.1.4    Fields and meadows  

3.2       Duration of stay in green spaces        

3.3       Spatial distribution of green spaces on the basis of official statistics         

Chapter 4 Nature relatedness in cities      

4.1       Measurement and methodological considerations    

4.2       Nature relatedness in life course phases and social classes   

Chapter 5 Satisfaction with green spaces in the neighbourhood

Chapter 6 Concluding remarks     

Biography

Tetiana Dovbischuk is Research Associate at the Chair of Ecologisation and Quantitative Methods of Social Research at the University of Hamburg, Germany.