Implementing Nature-Based Solutions in Urban Spaces in the Context of the Sense of Danger That Citizens May Feel

Barbara Vojvodíková (), Iva Tichá and Anna Starzewska-Sikorska
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Barbara Vojvodíková: IURS—Institute for Sustainable Development of Settlements, 70800 Ostrava, Czech Republic
Iva Tichá: Faculty of Social Studies, University of Ostrava, 70200 Ostrava, Czech Republic
Anna Starzewska-Sikorska: Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas, 40-844 Katowice, Poland

Land, 2022, vol. 11, issue 10, 1-21

Abstract: Cities are facing the challenges of climate change. The application of nature-based solutions (NBS) to the urban structure is often mentioned in climate change adaptation strategies. In an effort to ensure the greatest possible well-being of citizens in the form of environmentally positive elements, the opinions of citizens are forgotten. This paper presents the results of research focusing on the feelings of unsafety associated with the application of NBS elements directly into the urban structure. In two pilot areas (Ostrava (CZ) and the part of Upper Silesian agglomeration (PL)) the feelings of the inhabitants and the possible feeling of fear or danger in the application of NBS were investigated. In Ostrava, a questionnaire survey was conducted in relation to specific elements of the NBS without discussion of specific locations. In the Upper Silesian agglomeration, residents’ feelings about specific NBS were surveyed at specific locations using guided interviews. Both approaches resulted in the identification of elements of concern. Respondents who discussed a specific location had a better understanding of the urban context and worried less. The two approaches demonstrated the need to communicate with residents before finalizing the design of a particular public space and the desirability of discussing site-specific issues with citizens.

Keywords: nature-based solution; worries; sustainable cities; brownfields (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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