IN-PERSON London. Section A
Abstract
This study was conducted within the H2020 project HEART (Healthier Cities through Blue-Green Regenerative Technologies) one of whose objectives is to build an intervention-oriented model of living conditions rooted in community needs and engaging the various potentials of the community to embrace change. We assessed one of blue-green demo locations in Belgrade (Ada Ciganlija) to recognize its function as a place for people and their activities (walking, cycling, etc.), and to determine the specific dimension of the livability through the following aspects: safety, comfort, walkability, nature, sense of place, kindness, multifunctionality. It was the cross-sectional study conducted from 29 March to 4 April 2024 using an adapted questionnaire developed within the HEART project. Total number of 101 randomly selected participants were interviewed after signing informed consent. There were 47.5% male and 52.5% female population, between 18 and 79 years old, with average age of 44.9. Half interviewed persons (50.5%) visit Ada during the working days and on weekend. The most frequent visits (a few times a week) occur in the summer (43.6%), mostly in the morning hours (30.7%). During the visit to Ada 93.1% respondents practice various physical activities. They assessed different aspects of Ada Ciganlija on the 7-point Likert scale with the highest average marks given to sense of place (6.08), nature (6.0) and kindness (5.93). Finding indicate need for paying more attention to comfort, friendliness and walkability that were marked with lower grade, 5.20, 5.23 and 5.42 respectively. Citizens’ perception should be considered in upgrading of blue-green spaces.
Vesna Karadžic works at IPHS since 1998. She graduated from the Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Serbia. She obtained M.Sc. and PhD degree in aquatic biology at the same university. Vesna has a more than twenty-year experience in aquatic biology and health risks related to water contamination. She is a national team member of the Commission for water quality at the Institute for Standardization of the Republic of Serbia and technical expert of the Commission for assessment of impact on the environment. She published 75 bibliographic items as an author or co-author.
Milena Vasic, DMD, MSc, PhD, Associate Professor, specialist in social medicine is a Head of Department for International Cooperation and Project Management at the Institute of Public Health of Serbia.
Dragana Jovanovic is a medical doctor, hygiene specialist, and research associate professor from the Institute of Public Health of Serbia in Belgrade.
Iva Radic is a student at the Faculty of Media and Communications, Department of Psychology, in Belgrade, Serbia. From 2019-2022 she was a member of the European Youth Parliament for Serbia.
Biljana Kilibarda, PhD is public health expert, with a primary focus on health promotion, prevention of non-communicable diseases, monitoring and prevention of risky behavior.
Perisa Simonovic, MD, MSc in psychotherapy, specialist in psychiatry. He is employed at the Institute of Public Health of Serbia “Dr. Milan Jovanovic Batut” at the position of the Assistant Director for organization and planning of health care.
Verica Jovanovic, MD, MSc, PhD, Associate Professor, specialist in social medicine is an acting director of the Institute of Public Health of Serbia. She is a member of the Medical Academy of the Serbian Medical Association.
Snezana Zivkovic Perisic, MD specialist in epidemiology. She is currently working at the Institute of Public Health of Serbia, at Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Department for Noncommunicable Diseases as a National Cancer Registry coordinator.
Mikołaj Biesaga, social psychologist, a Ph.D. student at The Robert Zajonc Institute for Social Studies, University of Warsaw, a member of the Center for Complex Systems.
Anna Domaradzka, sociologist, PhD, Assistant Professor and Associate Director for Research at Robert Zajonc Institute for Social Studies, University of Warsaw
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Friday 28th June, 2024