En intervju och enkätstudie av besökare i tre tätortsnära skogsområden i Stockholmstrakten
This Masters thesis is made as the first of two visitor surveys of three urban forest
areas. These areas are; Skutan recreational area in Haninge, Ugglevikskällan on Norra
Djurgården in Stockholm and the Paradiset Reserve in Huddinge. The study is made
in cooperation with the managers of the three areas operating within the European
Union Life Project regarding Urban Woods for People.
The goal has been to collect data through studies of visitors and close by residents in
the three areas. The results are to be used as primary values for the follow-up as well
as a basis for managerial decisions. The interviews and surveys are also constructed in
a fashion so that they can be used for the follow-up study.
For the Skutan recreational area the mode of contact was by sending forms to the
nearby residential areas. At Ugglevikskällan interviews where made on site. In the
Paradiset Reserve registration of license plates on cars was used to get in contact with
the persons who had parked their vehicle at a central part of the area.
For each of the three studied areas collecting data has made the work somewhat
complicated. Of the three methods used the outcomes in the Paradiset Reserve and at
Ugglevikskällan has been the most successful. Development of the method for data
collection is although desirable for the follow up study. For Skutan recreational area
the number of respondents can be increased by contact with the visitors that arrive by
car as well as performing interviews on site. In the Paradiset reserve an increased
effort in collecting car numbers is needed and at Ugglevikskällan more time to do the
interviews is needed to increase the selection of respondents. For the three areas the
results are fairly similar, the nature of the area and the number of respondents as well
as the mode of contact are some of the parameters that have an impact on the
difference between the areas studied. In general the respondents are positive to the
areas that they are visiting. When comparing negative and positive aspects the
respondents are more positive than negative although there are naturally negative
aspects as well.