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among people who are going on foot to the park, the most popular intention is to do
exercise (72 %);
visitors going alone to parks also prefer to do sporting activities (52.8 %); this is the
only group which does not rank relaxation in the first place;
users traveling to parks by motorbike indicate that exercise is only the third most
popular activity. Motorbike drivers prefer to relax (58.7 %)!
people coming to parks with friends or colleagues like to relax; but this group is
characterised by the highest quota for communication (28.9 %); they are coming in
groups to “continue to talk”;
additionally, this is the group which is focused on children (23.1 %), too.
4.5 Missing facilities and disturbance issues
The surveys were established to find out about negative attitudes about the parks through
questions about missing facilities and disturbance issues. The responses help to improve the
parks as well as to attempt to quantify the share of recent problems in parks.
4.5.1 Missing facilities and features in parks
Many people use the parks, often they are crowded, but nevertheless there might be things
the park visitors are missing. 55 % of interviewed park users agreed in prepared demanding
features being asked whether they are missing something in the park and 14 % gave
additional suggestions about definite desired improvements. This indicates that there are
weaknesses in the current park situation.
missing toilets
missing entertainment facility
32.3%
31.0%
missing children's play ground
25.6%
missing services
18.7%
missing parking lot
missing trees/ grass
14.3%
12.3%
missing lakes
3.1%
(N=2143)
% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35%
Figure 4.25: Missing facilities and features of the parks (% of responding people)
(Own survey, 2010-2011)
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