Studies dealing with services and benefits of urban green space are overrepresented compared to those addressing disservices, perceived constraints and other negative perceptions. Even when focusing on disservices and perceived constraints, the studies often take into account only a limited number of reasons for the negative perception. In this study we conducted a series of focus group interviews with the members of the public in the city of Zagreb (Croatia) with the goal of grasping the variety of reasons for negative perception, providing classification of those perceptions and exploring whether and how the perception is related to sociodemographic characteristics. Participants mostly discussed negative perceptions due to the behaviour of other users and perceived inadequate management of urban green space, while the least about the perception of safety. Tree disservices accounted only for a small portion of overall reasons for the negative perception. Age, gender, household income, employment status, number of preschool children and the length of living in Zagreb proved statistically significant for the perception, while education was not. Focus groups as a method enabled cataloguing the variety of reasons for negative perception. Understanding the range of reasons leading to the negative public perception of urban green space contributes to better planning, management and meeting public needs and expectations.

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探索对基于树木的城市绿地的负面看法。人们的行为和管理至关重要


与解决服务、感知限制和其他负面看法的研究相比，涉及城市绿色空间的服务和好处的研究代表性过高。即使关注的是不利因素和感知到的限制，这些研究通常也只考虑了造成负面看法的有限数量的原因。在这项研究中，我们对萨格勒布市（克罗地亚）的公众进行了一系列焦点小组访谈，目的是掌握负面看法的各种原因，提供这些看法的分类，并探讨这些看法是否以及如何与社会人口学特征相关。参与者主要讨论了由于其他用户的行为而导致的负面看法和对城市绿地管理不足的看法，而对安全的看法最少。树木的不服役仅占负面看法总体原因的一小部分。事实证明，年龄、性别、家庭收入、就业状况、学龄前儿童数量和萨格勒布的居住时间对这种看法具有统计学意义，而教育则不然。焦点小组作为一种方法，可以对负面看法的各种原因进行分类。了解导致公众对城市绿地有负面看法的一系列原因，有助于更好地规划、管理并满足公众的需求和期望。