Childhood experience in forest recreation practices: Evidence from nine European countries

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Taye, Fitalew Agimass
Abildtrup, Jens
Mayer, Marius
Scasny, Milan
Strange, Niels
Lundhede, Thomas
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This study examines the role of childhood experience in forest recreational practices at adulthood. It investigates the effect of visitation frequency and type of settlement during childhood on frequency of visits at adulthood and analyses variations in nine European countries including Austria, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, France, Poland, Slovakia, and UK. The data are collected through a representative online survey and results are based on a generalized ordered logit model in which frequency of forest visits is considered as an ordered categorical variable. Childhood experience is found to be a significant factor determining frequency of forest visits at adulthood. In addition, current residential settlement, distance to the nearest forest, and other socioeconomic factors influence frequency of forest visits. The study findings show the importance of forest accessibility to children for a development of better recreational habits that support active mobility, sustainability and healthy lifestyles.

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Urban Forestry & Urban Greening

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46

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© 2019 Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, providing that the work is properly cited.

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Taye, FA; Abildtrup, J; Mayer, M; Scasny, M; Strange, N; Lundhede, T, Childhood experience in forest recreation practices: Evidence from nine European countries, Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2019, 46

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