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Table 4 The relative demand level for NBR among elderly people

From: Nature-based recreation for the elderly in urban areas: assessing opportunities and demand as planning support

 

Distance to the nearest high recreation opportunity places (m)

0–300

300–600

600–900

900–above

Elderly population density (elderly pop. /ha)

0–5

1

1

1

1

5–30

1

2

2

3

30–80

1

2

3

4

80–300

1

3

4

4

  1. The demand level of each analytical unit is determined by the cross-tabulation of (1) the elderly people density and (2) the distance to the nearest high recreation opportunity places
  2. The approach was derived from Baró et al. (2016) and Paracchini et al. (2014)