Gender-Specific Preferences Regarding Urban Green Areas

Edyta Bąkowska-Waldmann; Witold Piniarski

doi:10.14746/quageo-2023-0037

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Gender-Specific Preferences Regarding Urban Green Areas

Quaestiones Geographicae

Volume 42 (2023): Issue 4 (December 2023)

By: Edyta Bąkowska-Waldmann and Witold Piniarski

Open Access

|Dec 2023

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The area under study (C) in relation to the country (A) and the Lubuskie region (B).
Source: authors’ own elaboration.
Reference data: OpenStreetMap contributors (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright), Head Office of Geodesy and Cartography, Poland (GUGiK).

An exemplary geo-questionnaire page used in the study.
Source: author’s own elaboration.

Table 1.

The characteristics of the sample.

Variable	N		%
Gender*	Women (W) = 96 Men (M) = 165		Women (W) = 36.78% Men (M) = 63.22%
Gender*	W	M	W	M
Age	18–29 = 18 30–44 = 59 45–59 = 15 ≥60 = 4	18–29 = 30 30–44 = 96 45–59 = 33 ≥60 = 6	18–29 = 18.75% 30–44 = 61.46% 45–59 = 15.62% ≥60 = 4.17%	18–29 = 18.18% 30–44 = 58.18% 45–59 = 20.00% ≥60 = 3.64%
Education	primary education = 5 secondary education = 14 higher education = 77	primary education = 9 secondary education = 35 higher education = 121	primary education = 5.21% secondary education = 14.58% higher education = 80.21%	primary education = 5.46% secondary education = 21.21% higher education = 73.33%
Mobility (means of transport used to access greenery – unlimited number of choices per respondent)	on foot = 65 bicycle = 33 car = 25 bus = 8	on foot = 92 bicycle = 69 car = 49 bus = 14	on foot = 67.71% bicycle = 34.38% car = 26.04% bus = 8.33%	on foot = 55.76% bicycle = 41.81% car = 29.70% bus = 8.49%

1* Respondents selected for the study identified themselves as woman or man. No other gender identities were selected among respondents.

1 Source: authors’ own elaboration.

Table 2.

Differences in visited green areas indicated by men and women.

Place ID	No. of indications	Men [%]	Women [%]	Characteristics of the area
1	9	100.0	0.0	Forest cultivation located north of Northern Route (Trasa Północna)
2	5	100.0	0.0	Forest cultivation located east of express road S3
3	3	0.00	100.0	Part of Gęśnik valley with recreational facility
4	3	0.00	100.0	Park Mazurski (Mazuria Park) – semi-naturally maintained urban green area with recreational facilities
5	6	16.7	83.3	Women Rights Square – maintained urban green area with recreational facilities
6	5	20.0	80.0	Green areas in multi-family housing area
7	15	80.0	20.0	Las Nadodrzański (Odra Forest) – natural green area, forest and oxbow lake of Oder River
8	18	77.8	22.2	Pustelnik stream located in natural green area

1 Source: authors’ own elaboration.

Displacement vectors from the respondents’ homes to selected green areas (A - men, B - women).
Source: authors’ own elaboration.
Reference data: OpenStreetMap contributors (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright).

Scatter plot of the designated clusters.
Source: authors’ own elaboration.

Table 3.

Statistical characteristics of the designated clusters of transport preferences.

Cluster	Gender		Descriptive statistics	Mean range/ Average distance [km]	Transport preferences Each value is independent and varies individually for each means of transport from 0.00 to 1.00
Cluster	Women [no.]	Men [no.]	Descriptive statistics	Mean range/ Average distance [km]	On foot	Bicycle	Car	Bus
1	11	53	Min.	0.14	0.00	0.50	0.00	0.00
			1st Qu.	1.42	0.00	1.00	0.00	0.00
			Median	2.79	0.00	1.00	0.00	0.00
			Mean	3.24	0.06	0.92	0.02	0.01
			3rd Qu.	4.65	0.00	1.00	0.00	0.00
			Max.	9.26	1.00	1.00	0.50	0.33
2	0	84	Min.	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
			1st Qu.	0.49	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00
			Median	1.41	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
			Mean	1.91	0.73	0.06	0.08	0.09
			3rd Qu.	2.27	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
			Max.	12.71	1.00	0.50	0.50	1.00
3	80	0	Min.	0.20	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
			1st Qu.	0.63	0.33	0.00	0.00	0.00
			Median	1.12	0.67	0.00	0.00	0.00
			Mean	1.63	0.62	0.16	0.14	0.05
			3rd Qu.	2.38	1.00	0.33	0.08	0.00
			Max.	8.92	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
4	5	28	Min.	1.60	0.00	0.00	0.50	0.00
			1st Qu.	2.52	0.00	0.00	0.67	0.00
			Median	4.73	0.00	0.00	1.00	0.00
			Mean	4.87	0.55	0.02	0.90	0.02
			3rd Qu.	7.34	0.00	0.00	1.00	0.00
			Max.	9.35	0.50	0.33	1.00	0.50

1 Source: authors’ own elaboration.

Table 4.

Points indicated per respondent regarding proposed green areas.

	Average number of indicated points per respondent*		Total number of indicated points
	Men	Women	Men	Women
Green parking lot	0.46	0.39	76	37
Green playground	0.72	1.38	118	132
Green roof/wall	0.55	0.82	91	79
Green square	0.48	0.64	79	61
Park	0.87	0.85	143	82
Pocket park	0.39	0.58	64	56
Rain garden	0.34	0.79	56	76
Retention pond	0.33	0.18	55	17

1* Respondents could indicate a maximum of three locations in each category.

1 Source: authors’ own elaboration.

Proposed locations of new green areas in Zielona Góra: A – men, B – women.
Source: authors’ own elaboration.
Reference data: OpenStreetMap contributors (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright).

Geo-questionnaire questions

Dimension	Questions
Characteristics of respondent	What is your gender? (closed-ended) 1 = Woman 2 = Man 3 = Non-binary 4 = Prefer not to answer What is your age? Selection from a list What is your education level? (closed-ended) 1 = Primary 2 = Lower secondary 3 = Vocational 4 = Secondary 5 = Higher Please mark on the map your approximate place of residence. Indication on the map
Visited urban green areas	Please mark on the map the urban green areas you visit most often. You can mark up to three locations. Indication on the map Which means of transport do you usually use to visit urban green areas? Choose one. (closed-ended) 1 = On foot 2 = Bicycle 3 = Car 4 = Bus (public transport) 5 = Other
Preferred new urban green areas	Please mark on the map the locations of the new urban green areas you propose to create. You can mark up to three locations. Indication on the map What type of urban green area would you like to be created in this place? (closed-ended) 1 = Green parking lot 2 = Green playground 3 = Green roof/wall 4 = Green square 5 = Park 6 = Pocket park 7 = Rain garden 8 = Retention pond 9 = Other: …

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/quageo-2023-0037 | Journal eISSN: 2081-6383 | Journal ISSN: 2082-2103 (formerly 0137-477X)

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Language: English

Page range: 23 - 41

Submitted on: Jan 24, 2023

Published on: Dec 20, 2023

Published by: Adam Mickiewicz University

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Keywords:

urban green areas,

spatial planning,

public participation,

gender mainstreaming,

geographic information systems

Related subjects:

Geosciences,

Geography

© 2023 Edyta Bąkowska-Waldmann, Witold Piniarski, published by Adam Mickiewicz University
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