Partenaires et organisations internationales
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AT, BE, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, FI, FR, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LV, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RS, SE, SK, UK
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Résumé des résultats (Abstract)
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Environments that promote recovery are a fundamental capital of a society. Considering that natural areas are preferred for recovery over urban areas and the increasing pressure on peri-urban areas by competing types of uses (settlement, road construction, leisure and recovery activities) the ques-tion arose which factors influence nearby recreation behaviour in forest and open country. The pro-ject approached this issue in a combination of a stress-resources based and action theoretical framework and combined a qualitative interview study with a quantitative questionnaire survey. Fur-ther, selected data of the survey serves as input data for a GIS-model for predicting nearby outdoor recreation behaviour. In the third project year, a questionnaire survey was carried out and data analysed. From a random sample of 2'300 inhabitants from the city of Frauenfeld, 29% (N = 656) of the sample returned a postal questionnaire and a local map on their: - nearby outdoor recreation-behaviour (e.g. use goals, physical activity level, companionship, char-acteristics of used routes), - workloads (e.g. concentration demand, emotion work, physical activity), - strains (mental fatigue, emotional exhaustion, physical fatigue) and - behavioural resources (e.g. quality of residential area, quality of accommodation, area knowledge, self-efficacy, health, social support, access characteristics, landscape preferences). Out of the final sample 342 (53 %) respondents were female. On average, the participants were 48 years old (age range 16-80 years). Multivariate Regression Analysis showed that nearby outdoor recreation behaviour is influenced by workloads and strain. Both, type of workload (concentration demand, emotion work, physical activity level) and type of strain (reduced concentration, emotional exhaustion and physical fatigue) correspond to (a) different patterns of use goals, and (b) different patterns of physical, social and spatial use behaviour of the nearby outdoor recreation area. For example, emotional exhaustion corresponded with the six use goals: to better concentrate, to find inner quiet, to practice a physically demanding activity, to be away from everyday responsibilities, and to be away from other people. With regard to the observable behaviour, emotional exhaustion was associated with more physically intense outdoor activities, and with a frequent use of small trails in the nearby outdoor recreation area. However, emotional exhaustion was not associated with observable companionship. We conclude from the results, that people use their nearby nature to recover with heterogeneous coping-strategies depending on the type and intensity of workload and strain. Consequently, a need-oriented design and management of nearby outdoor recreation areas is of high importance. It should consider the different coping-strategies that the general public uses in these areas in order to recover from demands in work and private life. Furthermore, with the GIS-collaborator Prof. F. Kienast a GIS-model of nearby outdoor recreation use has been developed which is based on selected data of the questionnaire survey. This model explains 70% of the use intensity of the nearby outdoor recreation area of the city of Frauenfeld. The results of the GIS-modelling will also be published. Selected results were be presented in a workshop, semniar and at a conference: Buchecker, M., Degenhardt, B., Junker, B. Bernath, K. & Frick, J. (2007). Requirements for nearby outdoor recreation. Workshop on residents' requirements regarding their living space. 18.1.2007, Birmensdorf, Schweiz. Buchecker, M. & Degenhardt, B. (2007). Naherholungsmodelle für den periurbanen Raum. Vortrag gehalten auf Einladung des SANU Seminar Management der Erholungsfunktion des Waldes, 20.9.2007, Freiburg, Deutschland. Degenhardt, B. & Buchecker, M. (2007). Relevance of workloads and strains to local outdoor rec-reation behaviour. Poster presented at Open space, people space 2: Innovative Approaches to Re-search Excellence in Landscape and Health, 19.-21.9.2007, Edinburgh, Scotland.
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