Age-group-based evaluation of residents’ urban green space provision: Szeged, Hungary. A case study

  • Ronald András Kolcsár Department of Geoinformatics, Physical and Environmental Geography, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7016-595X
  • Ákos K. Csete Institute of Ecology and Botany, Centre for Ecological Research, Vácrátót, Hungary
  • Anna Kovács-Győri IDA Lab, Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
  • Péter Szilassi Department of Geoinformatics, Physical and Environmental Geography, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
Keywords: availability, accessibility, provision, urban park, green infrastructure

Abstract

Analysis of urban green space (UGS) provision is becoming increasingly important from an urban-planning perspective, as processes related to climate change tend to worsen the urban heat-island effect. In the present study, we aimed to map the UGS provision of Szeged, Hungary, using a GIS-based complex approach. Different age groups, especially the elderly, have different demands on the ecosystem services and infrastructure of UGSs. To provide an in-depth assessment of UGS provision for planners, we analysed the UGS availability and accessibility, using subblock-level population data, which includes not only the total number of residents but also provides information about the age-group distribution for each building of the city. We delineated areas having different UGS provision levels (called provision zones) and assessed the age distribution of the residents living in each zone. We found that the residents within 2-min walking distance to public green spaces are older than expected by comparison to the age distribution of Szeged. In provision zones with abundant locally available UGSs (measured as UGS per capita within 50-m buffers), we found that the youngest (0–18 years) and oldest (≥ 61 years) inhabitants are overrepresented age groups, while the age group 19–40 has the lowest overall UGS provision within the city of Szeged. Our research, which has the potential to be adapted to other settlements, contributes to the identification of UGS-deficit areas in a city, thereby providing essential information for urban planners about where increases in UGS are most needed and helping to assess infrastructural enhancements that would be adequate for the locally most-dominant age groups.

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2022-09-29
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KolcsárR. A., Csete Ákos K., Kovács-GyőriA., & SzilassiP. (2022). Age-group-based evaluation of residents’ urban green space provision: Szeged, Hungary. A case study. Hungarian Geographical Bulletin, 71(3), 249-269. https://doi.org/10.15201/hungeobull.71.3.3
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