Aineiston nimi

Biodiversity Actions, Challenges and Solutions in Urban Grasslands 2023

Aineistonumero

FSD4033

Pysyvät tunnisteet

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD4033
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd4033

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Pouta, Pasi (University of Helsinki)
• Lampinen, Jussi (University of Helsinki)
• Kotze, Johan (University of Helsinki)
• Tahvonen, Outi (Häme University of Applied Sciences)

Sisällön kuvaus

The survey examines the views of individuals working in tasks related to green infrastructure regarding urban grasslands as part of the green infrastructure of cities and municipalities. The survey was collected as part of a doctoral dissertation conducted at the University of Helsinki, the aim of which is to promote biodiversity in urban environments.

First, respondents were asked how their current or previous job description is related to green infrastructure and how they found out about the survey. Next, respondents were asked about their views on the benefits that urban grasslands provide as part of green infrastructure. After this, the survey used a series of statements to examine respondents' views on the aesthetic, social, and ecological characteristics of urban grasslands. The statements concerned, among other things, requirements for a tidy appearance of urban grasslands, pollinator-friendly vegetation, species diversity, and the use of grasslands for leisure and as meeting places.

Subsequently, respondents were asked to propose ways to promote biodiversity in urban grasslands and to consider the challenges associated with these measures and possible solutions. After this, respondents were asked to assess the extent to which they are able to influence biodiversity in urban grasslands through their own work. In addition, respondents were asked to evaluate the possibilities of other stakeholders, such as political decision-makers, research, green area planning, and green area construction, to influence biodiversity conservation.

Background variables included are the respondent's age, gender, response language, time of response, industry of employment, and number of years of work experience related to green infrastructure.

Asiasanat

biodiversity; conservation of nature; development areas (urban planning); environmental conservation; environmental planning; green spaces; municipality; regional planning; towns; urban areas; urban development; urban environment; urban spaces

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Natural sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Natural environment (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

Individual datasets

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Kerääjät

• Pouta, Pasi (University of Helsinki)
• Lampinen, Jussi (University of Helsinki)
• Kotze, Johan (University of Helsinki)
• Tahvonen, Outi (Häme University of Applied Sciences)

Rahoittajat

• University of Helsinki
• Maj and Tor Nessling Foundation (202100051)
• Olvi Foundation (20200927)

Ajallinen kattavuus

2023

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2023-03-03 – 2023-05-22

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

Finnish adults whose current or previous work is related to green infrastructure

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Non-probability: Availability

The survey was targeted at all individuals whose current or previous work is related to green infrastructure. The survey invitation link was distributed to public sector employees via direct emails and various mailing lists. In addition, the survey invitation was disseminated through an advert in the Viherympäristö magazine, through which employees in the private sector also had the opportunity to respond to the survey.

Keruumenetelmä

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Semi-structured questionnaire

Datatiedostojen kieli

Aineistopaketti voi sisältää samoja tiedostoja eri kielisinä.

Aineisto sisältää datatiedostoja seuraavilla kielillä: englanti.

Tietoarkisto kääntää kvantitatiivisia datatiedostoja englanniksi. Lisätietoja käännöspyynnön jättämisestä.

Havaintojen ja muuttujien lukumäärä

60 muuttujaa ja 495 havaintoa.

Datan versio

1.0

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

Due to identifiability reasons, certain place names have been removed from the open-ended responses in the data by the researcher.

The background information file (bgF4033_mul) contains the code tree used in the study, both in English and Finnish. The from and to columns define the connections between higher and lower-level codes. These codes are further linked to open-ended answers in the data file (daF4033_eng). The codes can be found in the columns ending with "Coded" (e.g., "benefitsCoded"), and are separated by semicolons (;).

The open-ended response variables in the data were reviewed and identifiers were removed where necessary. Changes made at FSD are marked with [[double square brackets]].

Painokertoimet

There are no weight variables in the data.

Viittausvaatimus

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Malliviittaus

Pouta, Pasi (University of Helsinki) & Lampinen, Jussi (University of Helsinki) & Kotze, Johan (University of Helsinki) & Tahvonen, Outi (Häme University of Applied Sciences): Biodiversity Actions, Challenges and Solutions in Urban Grasslands 2023 [dataset]. Data version 1.0 (2026-03-31). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd4033; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD4033

Julkaisusta tiedottaminen

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Varaumat

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Julkaisut aineistosta

Pasi Pouta, D. Johan Kotze, Outi Tahvonen, Jussi Lampinen. 2026. How to foster biodiversity in urban grasslands? Stakeholder perceptions on biodiversity actions, challenges and solutions in Finland. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2026.129646