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of land management. The Council is integrated by public authorities, businessmen,
academics and other members of the civil society.
3.3 Evaluation and Diagnosis of the People’s Perception
About Social Benefits of Green Infrastructure
We conducted a diagnosis protocol in order to gather information on the people’s
perception about green infrastructure components and its benefits (environmental,
social and economic). Two aspects of green infrastructure were included by authors:
(i) perception of functions (benefits) and (ii) perception of dysfunctions (problems).
With these two aspects the aim was to answer these questions: What is the current
public perception about the benefits and problems associated to different green infrastructure components? What are the green infrastructure components with positive
perception and why? What are the green infrastructure components with negative
perception and why?
We conducted a survey by using Zoho platform (Zoho Corporation Pvt. Ltd.
2018), from 8th to 17th of October 2018. A sample was selected by using a Simple
Random Sampling (p = 0.05). According to this method a representative sample was
384 inhabitants. This work collected the data from 377 inhabitants in the study area.
All participants must have met three conditions: (i) ≥18 years old, (ii) permanent
residents in some of the four ‘municipios’ and (iii) ≥6 months old residency at the
same ‘municipio’.
A semi-structured questionnaire was designed for the survey. It includes open and
closed questions about five categories of green infrastructure components: (i) natural
area, (ii) water body, (iii) park, (iv) greenways and (v) rivers. People were asked
about benefits and problems of components in the three dimensions of sustainability:
environmental, social and economic (Table 1).
4 Results
4.1 Local Authorities and the Council Members Showed
Inconsistent Understanding on Green Infrastructure
Approach
Local Authorities and members of Local Council in Landscape and Urban Image
of Leon participated in a meeting that was designed to investigate the perception on
green infrastructure approach and about initiatives to create a system of natural open
spaces.
Based on a self-developed questionnaire, meeting participants were asked: (i)
What does green infrastructure mean for you? And Do you believe it is important
J. A. R. Plata et al.
of land management. The Council is integrated by public authorities, businessmen,
academics and other members of the civil society.
3.3 Evaluation and Diagnosis of the People’s Perception
About Social Benefits of Green Infrastructure
We conducted a diagnosis protocol in order to gather information on the people’s
perception about green infrastructure components and its benefits (environmental,
social and economic). Two aspects of green infrastructure were included by authors:
(i) perception of functions (benefits) and (ii) perception of dysfunctions (problems).
With these two aspects the aim was to answer these questions: What is the current
public perception about the benefits and problems associated to different green infrastructure components? What are the green infrastructure components with positive
perception and why? What are the green infrastructure components with negative
perception and why?
We conducted a survey by using Zoho platform (Zoho Corporation Pvt. Ltd.
2018), from 8th to 17th of October 2018. A sample was selected by using a Simple
Random Sampling (p = 0.05). According to this method a representative sample was
384 inhabitants. This work collected the data from 377 inhabitants in the study area.
All participants must have met three conditions: (i) ≥18 years old, (ii) permanent
residents in some of the four ‘municipios’ and (iii) ≥6 months old residency at the
same ‘municipio’.
A semi-structured questionnaire was designed for the survey. It includes open and
closed questions about five categories of green infrastructure components: (i) natural
area, (ii) water body, (iii) park, (iv) greenways and (v) rivers. People were asked
about benefits and problems of components in the three dimensions of sustainability:
environmental, social and economic (Table 1).
4 Results
4.1 Local Authorities and the Council Members Showed
Inconsistent Understanding on Green Infrastructure
Approach
Local Authorities and members of Local Council in Landscape and Urban Image
of Leon participated in a meeting that was designed to investigate the perception on
green infrastructure approach and about initiatives to create a system of natural open
spaces.
Based on a self-developed questionnaire, meeting participants were asked: (i)
What does green infrastructure mean for you? And Do you believe it is important