Residents’ Views and Perceptions for the Use and Design of the Urban Green Infrastructure to the Second Largest Municipality of Metropolitan Area of Thessaloniki
Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Urban green infrastructure captures an appreciation of urban green as essential infrastructure that is as important to a good quality of urban life as technical or social infrastructures. The approach emphasizes the multitude of services and functions performed by urban green, all of which impact the quality of life and sustainability. We design green spaces; we pass from the meaning of the maintenance of a natural landscape to the designing and construction of an artificial landscape that makes the users feel close to nature or to a beautiful and useful environment. Regarding the landscapes of Kalamaria, most of the residents find them more artificial than natural, and the design of the green spaces in their municipality is simple. The unity between green spaces and neighboring buildings is also evaluated as important, and the functionality of the green spaces that are different spaces satisfies different users, which is considered important. Then, the respondents asked how important it is that urban green constitutes an imitation of nature. Also, the infrastructure is the dominant element of the park. There is unity between green spaces and neighboring buildings, and the green space helps with the socialization of immigrants and refugees.
Language: English
Topic: Urban Green Space and Health
Subfield: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W4409565527