Students’ perceptions and their derived satisfaction of urban forests in the most industrialized region of Poland

• Autorzy: Sobol Agnieszka , Skubała Piotr

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.34659/2021/2/16

Warianty tytułu

PL

Postrzeganie oraz zadowolenie z lasów miejskich przez studentów w najbardziej uprzemysłowionym regionie Polski

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

In the face of growing urbanised areas, the presence of forests and their appropriate shaping is a key challenge for contemporary urban planning. The importance of forests is largely identified with natural, economic and social functions in non-urban areas; however, forests are of vital value in urbanised areas. This article explores young Polish urbanites’ awareness of the role forests play, and submits diagnoses of the forests multidimensional benefits and their functions in Poland’s urban areas. Moreover, the research is based on the premise that the management of urban forests must ultimately lead to the satisfying of social needs. Based on empirical research, the perceptions of the value of urban forests as assessed by young people (students) in the Śląskie Voivodeship are presented, leading to the authors’ postulation that urban forests are underestimated resources. Furthermore, the study suggests that young Poles do not recognise the multi-beneficial aspects of urban forests; and the authors indicate feasible directions for local policy to achieve sustainable development. The final statements argue that in the face of serious threats to the functioning of Earth’s ecosystem, a campaign for the presence of forests and green spaces in cities is necessary.

PL

W obliczu rosnącej powierzchni terenów zurbanizowanych obecność lasów miejskich i ich odpowiednie kształtowanie jest jednym z kluczowych wyzwań dla współczesnej urbanistyki. Znaczenie lasów utożsamiane jest głównie z funkcjami przyrodniczymi, ekonomicznymi, czy społecznymi na terenach pozamiejskich. Jednocześnie tereny leśne niosą istotną wartość na terenach zurbanizowanych. W wielu krajach obserwujemy rosnącą świadomość znaczenia lasów dla zdrowia fizycznego i psychicznego mieszkańców oraz prawidłowego kształtowania się relacji społecznych. Sąsiedztwo lasów pozytywnie wpływa na jakość życia mieszkańców miast. Interesujące poznawczo jest na ile mieszkańcy miast w Polsce mają świadomość roli lasów w miastach oraz w jaki sposób z nich korzystają. W artykule dokonano diagnozy wielowymiarowych korzyści funkcji terenów leśnych na obszarach miejskich. W oparciu o badania empiryczne przedstawiono percepcję wartości lasów miejskich w ocenie młodego pokolenia województwa śląskiego (studenci). Na podstawie przeprowadzonej analizy roli lasów autorzy zaprezentowali kierunki wsparcia polityki lokalnej ukierunkowanej na zrównoważony rozwój. Zdaniem autorów, w obliczu poważnych zagrożeń dla funkcjonowania ziemskiego ekosystemu niezbędna jest kampania na rzecz obecności lasów i drzew w naszych miastach.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

ecosystem service; local planning; Polish city; urban forest

PL

usługa ekosystemowa; planowanie lokalne; polskie miasto; las miejski

• Wydawca: Fundacja Ekonomistów Środowiska i Zasobów Naturalnych
• Czasopismo: Ekonomia i Środowisko
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: nr 2
• Strony: 126--143
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 52 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Sobol Agnieszka

• Institute of Urban and Regional Development, Cieszyńska 2, 30-015 Kraków, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4363-8923

autor

Skubała Piotr

• Faculty of Natural Sciences at the University of Silesia in Katowice

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9209-0167

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa Nr 461252 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2021).