The role of neighborhood green space in urban green space provision: a case study in Brest, Belarus

Petr Pushkarou

Master's thesis

Abstract:

The thesis aims to define the role of neighborhood green spaces based on analysis of the spatial distribution of urban green spaces in Brest, Belarus. The goal is to assess provision of urban green spaces in the city and evaluate the residents’ perception and current use of neighborhood green spaces located in residential blocks. A GIS-analysis performed in the work identifies the city’s residential blocks with highest and lowest numbers of urban green space provision per capita. Green spaces are classified in two groups (of city and district significance) with the respect to their size, location, recreational value, and level of maintenance. UGSs’ accessibility radius which represents a service area is chosen based on a type of significance (5 km – for city, 1 km – for district significance). Critically low numbers on provision of green spaces of district significance throughout the city (67.2% of inhabitants have <1 m² of green spaces with recommended value of 7 m²/capita) raises an issue of their accessibility in a walking proximity for residents. Neighborhood green spaces may serve as a place for recreation in people’s immediate surroundings. The results of the conducted questionnaire show that an existing state of NGSs are not suitable for recreation by respondents, however they express demand for their renovation to use them in future. Low level of maintenance and lack of amenities is considered the key factor limiting more frequent use of green spaces.

Keywords

urban green space intervention, green space change, residential development, spatial analysis, questionnaire

Jazyk práce: English

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 30. 3. 2022

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedúci: doc. Peter Kumble, Ph.D.
• Oponent: Henry William Andrew Hanson IV.

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Environmental Sciences

Master programme / odbor:
Landscape Engineering / Landscape Planning