Abstract

European and global urbanisation is increasing. For the urban population, the woodlands in the urban and peri-urban landscape are important as places for recreation and contact with nature among other functions. This paper presents a geographical information system (GIS) based model to classify urban woodlands by urban pressure, of which visitor pressure is a key component. The model identifies and uses distance, accessibility and quality of woodland as key components affecting visitation rates for urban woodland. The model was applied to the Malmo-Lund region in Sweden, a highly urbanised area with few areas accessible for recreation. Validation of the model was through field inventory of indicators of urban pressure. The classification identifies woodlands with a high priority for including visitor pressure in management planning. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Keywords

urban forestry; woodland; GIS; distance; accessibility; quality; recreation

Published in

Landscape and Urban Planning
2006, Volume: 77, number: 1-2, pages: 17-27
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV

SLU Authors

• Ode Sang, Åsa

  • Department of Landscape Planning Alnarp, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

Associated SLU-program

Nature experiences and health


UKÄ Subject classification

Landscape Architecture


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2005.01.003

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/50636