TY  - JOUR
A1  - Arnberger, Arne
A1  - Allex, Brigitte
A1  - Eder, Renate
A1  - Wanka, Anna
A1  - Kolland, Franz
A1  - Wiesböck, Laura
A1  - Mayrhuber, Elisabeth Anne-Sophie
A1  - Kutalek, Ruth
A1  - Wallner, Peter
A1  - Hutter, Hans-Peter
T1  - Changes in recreation use in response to urban heat differ between migrant and non-migrant green space users in Vienna, Austria
T2  - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening
N2  - Previous research has found higher levels of heatwave mortality and morbidity among urban residents with a migration background because of their social, health and environmental conditions. The purpose of the study was to investigate and compare heat induced changes in the outdoor recreation behaviours of Turkish migrants with those of non-migrants on hot days in Vienna. Specifically, the study compared coping behaviours due to heat such as inter-area, intra-area, temporal and activity displacement between migrants and non-migrants. The study interviewed 400 migrants and non-migrants in four public green spaces of different area sizes and asked about their outdoor recreation motives and activities, as well as behavioural changes, due to summer heat. Results show that migrants have different motives for visiting urban green spaces on hot days, and that they visit these less frequently on hot days compared to non-migrants. While both groups shift their outdoor uses more to shady areas and the cooler times of the day, more migrants visit green spaces in the afternoon, perform more energetic recreational activities, and use sunnier sites more frequently than non-migrants on hot days. Few migrants and non-migrants stated that they would visit alternative green spaces when it is hot. The results indicate that migrants’ behaviours result in higher heat exposure, while making less use of the opportunities larger green spaces such as forests can provide for heat relief. Recommendations on how green and city planners could reduce heat related health risks for both study groups are presented.
KW  - Coping
KW  - Displacement
KW  - Green infrastructure
KW  - Recreation infrastructure
KW  - Risk factors
KW  - Urban heat
KW  - Visiting motives
KW  - Vulnerability
Y1  - 2021
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/63076
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-630764
SN  - 1610-8167
N1  - The study was supported by the ACRP Program of the Austrian Climate and Energy Fund (Grant no. KR13AC6K11022).
VL  - 63
IS  - art. 127193
SP  - 1
EP  - 11
PB  - Urban & Fischer
CY  - Jena
ER  -