DOI - Vydavatelství Mendelovy univerzity v Brně

Identifikátory DOI

DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7701-025-2-0344

URBAN GREEN SPACES AS CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL HUBS: THE "PARKS’ SCIENCE" PROJECT IN WARSAW AND MAZOVIA

Jan Łukaszkiewicz1, Beata Fortuna-Antoszkiewicz1, Andrzej Długoński1
1 Department of Landscape Architecture, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland


Urban green spaces enhance environmental quality, foster well-being, and serve as dynamic educational environments. The project "Shaping parks and urban greenery in the historical context and current social needs" (no. POPUL/SP/0272/2023/01), conducted in 2024 in Warsaw and the Mazovia region, activated parks as cultural landscapes as platforms for environmental learning. Organized by the Department of Landscape Architecture at WULS-SGGW under the patronage of the Polish Dendrological Society and the Association of Polish Architects, the project involved expert-led interpretive and combined guided landscape and dendrology walks in seven historically and ecologically significant parks. It reached approximately 680 individuals (including around 170 regular attendees), offering educational content on dendrology, landscape history, biodiversity, and sustainable management. Evaluation data indicated high learning outcomes, improved species identification skills, and increased public awareness of landscape heritage. The study demonstrates that structured, expert-led park walks foster environmental literacy and civic engagement, encouraging more conscious urban landscape appreciation and preservation. The project is a model for integrating scientific knowledge with public education, strengthening the connection between urban residents and their natural surroundings.

Klíčová slova: dendroflora, landscape architecture, open social education, experiential learning, urban parks and gardens, trees

stránky: 344-348, Publikováno: 2025, online: 2025



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