Figure 1.
Location of the recreation areas in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region.
The four tested recreation areas were the Lüneburg Heath, the Harburg Hills, the Elbe Marshes and the Altes Land.
Table 1.
Characteristics of the Lüneburg Heath, Harburg Hills, Elbe Marshes and Altes Land recreation areas.
Figure 2.
Mean Importance and standard deviation of outdoor recreation within and outside of Hamburg.
Respondents assessed on a scale from 1 (not important) to 5 (very important).
Figure 3.
Where outdoor recreation of Hamburg residents takes place (n = 400).
Figure 4.
Correlations between area knowledge, preference, visits and frequent use of recreation areas (n = 400).
A. Significant correlation between the share of people who know the recreation areas and the share of people who have visited the recreation areas at least once (r = 0.982; p = 0.009 one sided). B. No significant correlation between the share of people who know the recreation areas and the share of people who prefer the recreation areas (r = 0.742; p = 0.129 one sided). C. No significant correlation between the share of people who know the recreation areas and the share of people who use the recreation areas frequently (r = 0.680; p = 0.160 one sided). D. No significant correlation between the share of people who prefer the recreation areas and the share of people who use the recreation areas frequently (r = 0.740; p = 0.130 one sided).
Figure 5.
Most important criteria for recreation areas.
Respondents were asked to name their most important criterion for recreation areas from the given criteria diversity, uniqueness, naturalness, place attachment, accessibility, food services, and information services.
Figure 6.
Mean assessment and standard deviation of criteria across all preferred recreation areas.
Respondents assessed on a scale from 1 (very low) to 5 (very high).
Figure 7.
Assessment of criteria among recreation areas.
Difference among recreation areas was tested using one-way ANOVA.