Social Preferences of Young Adults Regarding Urban Forest Recreation Management in Warsaw, Poland
The paper presents results of questionnaire research conducted to determine social preferences regarding leisure in Warsaw municipal forests (WMF) (Poland). The preferences pertained to frequency of visits and willingness to pay for recreational infrastructure in a forest depending on its appearance...
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| author | Agnieszka Mandziuk Beata Fornal-Pieniak Dagmara Stangierska Stanisław Parzych Katarzyna Widera |
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| description | The paper presents results of questionnaire research conducted to determine social preferences regarding leisure in Warsaw municipal forests (WMF) (Poland). The preferences pertained to frequency of visits and willingness to pay for recreational infrastructure in a forest depending on its appearance, level of development, and the respondent’s income. The data were processed using statistical analysis (ANOVA Friedman test, U Mann–Whitney test, logistic regression). The results show that the higher the development level of a forest, the more often young people choose it for leisure. Willingness to pay for a forest depends on its development level, with respondents more willing to fund forests with a higher development level. No such correlation with the respondents’ income was found. Preferences regarding the selection of a specific type of forest for leisure were dependent on per capita income of the respondents only in the case of forests at a lower level of development. A forest’s preference level affected the willingness to pay for it and varied depending on the development level. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f76c21c5b8b7472bb4da454b249389562023-11-22T23:25:00ZengMDPI AGForests1999-49072021-11-011211152410.3390/f12111524Social Preferences of Young Adults Regarding Urban Forest Recreation Management in Warsaw, PolandAgnieszka Mandziuk0Beata Fornal-Pieniak1Dagmara Stangierska2Stanisław Parzych3Katarzyna Widera4Department of Forest Management Planning, Dendrometry and Forest Economics, Institute of Forest Science, Warsaw University of Live Sciences-SGGW, Nowoursynowska St., 159, 02-776 Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Environmental Protection and Dendrology, Institute of Horticultural Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Nowoursynowska St., 166, 02-787 Warszawa, PolandDepartment of Pomology and Horticulture Economics, Institute of Horticultural Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Nowoursynowska St., 166, 02-787 Warszawa, PolandDepartment of Forest Management Planning, Dendrometry and Forest Economics, Institute of Forest Science, Warsaw University of Live Sciences-SGGW, Nowoursynowska St., 159, 02-776 Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Economics, Finance, Regional and International Research, Faculty of Economics and Management, Opole University of Technology, Prószkowska St., 76, 45-758 Opole, PolandThe paper presents results of questionnaire research conducted to determine social preferences regarding leisure in Warsaw municipal forests (WMF) (Poland). The preferences pertained to frequency of visits and willingness to pay for recreational infrastructure in a forest depending on its appearance, level of development, and the respondent’s income. The data were processed using statistical analysis (ANOVA Friedman test, U Mann–Whitney test, logistic regression). The results show that the higher the development level of a forest, the more often young people choose it for leisure. Willingness to pay for a forest depends on its development level, with respondents more willing to fund forests with a higher development level. No such correlation with the respondents’ income was found. Preferences regarding the selection of a specific type of forest for leisure were dependent on per capita income of the respondents only in the case of forests at a lower level of development. A forest’s preference level affected the willingness to pay for it and varied depending on the development level.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/12/11/1524urban forestssocial preferenceswillingness to payrecreationcitytourist development |
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| title | Social Preferences of Young Adults Regarding Urban Forest Recreation Management in Warsaw, Poland |
| title_full | Social Preferences of Young Adults Regarding Urban Forest Recreation Management in Warsaw, Poland |
| title_fullStr | Social Preferences of Young Adults Regarding Urban Forest Recreation Management in Warsaw, Poland |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social Preferences of Young Adults Regarding Urban Forest Recreation Management in Warsaw, Poland |
| title_short | Social Preferences of Young Adults Regarding Urban Forest Recreation Management in Warsaw, Poland |
| title_sort | social preferences of young adults regarding urban forest recreation management in warsaw poland |
| topic | urban forests social preferences willingness to pay recreation city tourist development |
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