Perception and preferred reuse of vegetated vacant lots along main streets in a shrinking city

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61988987%3A17310%2F23%3AA2402L4X" target="_blank" >RIV/61988987:17310/23:A2402L4X - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1618866723001279?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1618866723001279?via%3Dihub</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2023.127956" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.ufug.2023.127956</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Perception and preferred reuse of vegetated vacant lots along main streets in a shrinking city
Original language description
Vacant land in cities is linked to generating insecurity and urban decline. However, vegetated vacant lots offer easy opportunities for reuse and have ecological, economic, and social potential. Four medium-sized vacant lots (0,7–1,5 ha) with spontaneous vegetation located along main streets in Ostrava (Czechia) have been purposefully selected for this study. Structured interviews (n = 383) were collected to assess the perception of passers-by and their reuse preferences for these lots. Structural equation models were then performed to test the effect of sociodemographic variables. This paper aims to evaluate whether vegetated vacant lots in a historic urban fabric are perceived as an asset or liability by visitors and to assess the prospects for a publicly-accepted reuse of such spaces in a shrinking Central European city. Results indicate that the selected lots are perceived ambivalently. Older visitors show a more positive perception of the vacant lots, while no significant gender differences were identified. Educated respondents visited the vegetated vacant lots less often and perceived them more negatively compared to their less educated counterparts. Policy implications are provided in the end.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50702 - Urban studies (planning and development)

Project
<a href="/en/project/EF17_049%2F0008452" target="_blank" >EF17_049/0008452: SMART technologies to improve the quality of life in cities and regions</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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