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Do environmental attitudes and personal characteristics influence how people perceive their exposure to green spaces?

Rieves, Emma S.
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Reid, Colleen E.
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Carlson, Kate
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Li, Xiaojiang
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2024-04-23
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Geography, Environment, and Urban Studies
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Environmental attitudes
 Greenspace
 Objective greenspace
 Perceived greenspace
 Perceptions
 Personal characteristics
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2024.105080
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Background This study explores the relationship between perceived and objective greenspace exposure, and how sociodemographic traits and environmental attitudes influence peoples’ perceptions of greenspace. Methods We leveraged a cross-sectional survey on greenspace exposure among residents of Denver, CO that ran from November 2019 through April 2021. We measured objective greenspace using the average NDVI (normalized difference vegetation index), average percent vegetation, and median GVI (green view index) within 300, 500, and 1,000 m of participants’ residences, and in participant-drawn polygons representing their neighborhoods. We measured perceived greenspace exposure using survey responses from questions about greenspace abundance, visibility, access, usage, and quality near participants’ homes. We assessed relationships between perceived and objective greenspace measures using linear models. Then, we used latent class analysis to create perceived greenspace exposure classes, and used linear models to evaluate the relationship between these classes and sociodemographic and environmental attitude variables. Results We found that the relationship between perceived and objective measures (NDVI in the 300-meter buffer) was strongest for abundance (OR: 5.14, [4.0, 6.28]) and visibility (OR: 3.71, [2.58, 4.84]) compared to perceived access (OR: 2.17, [1.02, 3.32]), usage (OR: 2.28, [1.19, 3.37]), and quality (OR: 2.33, [1.25, 3.41]). In fully adjusted models, objective greenspace exposure and environmental attitudes predicted perceived greenspace exposure classes, but sociodemographic variables—other than age—did not. Conclusion Our work suggests that objective greenspace exposure is only one factor influencing peoples’ perceived greenspace exposure, and that environmental attitude variables may play an additional role in shaping peoples’ perceptions.
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Emma S. Rieves, Colleen E. Reid, Kate Carlson, Xiaojiang Li, Do environmental attitudes and personal characteristics influence how people perceive their exposure to green spaces?, Landscape and Urban Planning, Volume 248, 2024, 105080, ISSN 0169-2046, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2024.105080. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169204624000793)
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Landscape and Urban Planning, Vol. 248
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