Visitors' recreational & leisure experiences in urban river corridors? a case study of Hutuo River in Shijiazhuang, China
Various physical environmental factors influence the recreational experience of urban river corridors, and understanding visitors' perceptions of these factors holds significant implications for promoting the health and well-being of urban residents. This study specifically focuses on the Hutuo...
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| author | Lin, Shi Maruthaveeran, Sreetheran Mohd Yusof, Mohd Johari |
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| description | Various physical environmental factors influence the recreational experience of urban river corridors, and understanding visitors' perceptions of these factors holds significant implications for promoting the health and well-being of urban residents. This study specifically focuses on the Hutuo River corridor in Shijiazhuang, China, and conducted a semi-structured questionnaire survey with 620 participants. The findings reveal that visitors mainly come here to socialize with family and friends in a natural environment and escape the city's hustle and bustle. Safety, management and maintenance, and overall conditions are the primary features visitors are concerned about in their experience. When addressing usage constraints, visitors highlight accessibility issues, including traffic congestion and overcrowding. Additional limitations encompass deficiencies in physical facilities, such as shortages of shared bicycles, convenience amenities, fitness facilities, and services catering to vulnerable groups. Moreover,challenges include unavailable toilet services and insufficient shaded areas along the riverbanks. Sociodemographic attributes such as gender, age, marital status,education level, monthly income, and residential distance significantly influence the recreational experience of urban river corridors, emphasizing the importance of considering diversity in urban planning and design. By comprehensively exploring the dynamics of urban river corridor utilization from a social-ecological perspective, our study's findings offer insights relevant to future design and maintenance endeavors. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-1137862024-11-26T07:26:26Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/113786/ Visitors' recreational & leisure experiences in urban river corridors? a case study of Hutuo River in Shijiazhuang, China Lin, Shi Maruthaveeran, Sreetheran Mohd Yusof, Mohd Johari Various physical environmental factors influence the recreational experience of urban river corridors, and understanding visitors' perceptions of these factors holds significant implications for promoting the health and well-being of urban residents. This study specifically focuses on the Hutuo River corridor in Shijiazhuang, China, and conducted a semi-structured questionnaire survey with 620 participants. The findings reveal that visitors mainly come here to socialize with family and friends in a natural environment and escape the city's hustle and bustle. Safety, management and maintenance, and overall conditions are the primary features visitors are concerned about in their experience. When addressing usage constraints, visitors highlight accessibility issues, including traffic congestion and overcrowding. Additional limitations encompass deficiencies in physical facilities, such as shortages of shared bicycles, convenience amenities, fitness facilities, and services catering to vulnerable groups. Moreover,challenges include unavailable toilet services and insufficient shaded areas along the riverbanks. Sociodemographic attributes such as gender, age, marital status,education level, monthly income, and residential distance significantly influence the recreational experience of urban river corridors, emphasizing the importance of considering diversity in urban planning and design. By comprehensively exploring the dynamics of urban river corridor utilization from a social-ecological perspective, our study's findings offer insights relevant to future design and maintenance endeavors. Elsevier 2024 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/113786/1/113786.pdf Lin, Shi and Maruthaveeran, Sreetheran and Mohd Yusof, Mohd Johari (2024) Visitors' recreational & leisure experiences in urban river corridors? a case study of Hutuo River in Shijiazhuang, China. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 98. art. no. 128416. pp. 1-17. ISSN 1618-8667; eISSN: 1610-8167 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1618866724002140 10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128416 |
| spellingShingle | Lin, Shi Maruthaveeran, Sreetheran Mohd Yusof, Mohd Johari Visitors' recreational & leisure experiences in urban river corridors? a case study of Hutuo River in Shijiazhuang, China |
| title | Visitors' recreational & leisure experiences in urban river corridors? a case study of Hutuo River in Shijiazhuang, China |
| title_full | Visitors' recreational & leisure experiences in urban river corridors? a case study of Hutuo River in Shijiazhuang, China |
| title_fullStr | Visitors' recreational & leisure experiences in urban river corridors? a case study of Hutuo River in Shijiazhuang, China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Visitors' recreational & leisure experiences in urban river corridors? a case study of Hutuo River in Shijiazhuang, China |
| title_short | Visitors' recreational & leisure experiences in urban river corridors? a case study of Hutuo River in Shijiazhuang, China |
| title_sort | visitors recreational leisure experiences in urban river corridors a case study of hutuo river in shijiazhuang china |
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