Increasing urbanization worldwide calls for more sustainable urban development. Simultaneously, the global biodiversity crisis accentuates the need of fostering biodiversity within cities. Policies supporting urban nature conservation need to understand people's acceptance of biodiversity‐friendly greenspace management. We surveyed more than 2,000 people in 19 European cities about their attitudes toward near‐natural urban grassland management in public greenspaces, and related their responses to nine sociocultural parameters. Results reveal that people across Europe can support urban biodiversity, yet within the frames of a generally tidy appearance of public greenery. Younger people and those using greenspaces for a greater variety of activities were more likely to favor biodiversity‐friendly greenspace management. Additionally, people who were aware of the meaning of biodiversity and those stating responsibility for biodiversity conservation particularly supported biodiversity‐friendly greenspace management. Our results point at explicit measures like environmental education to increase public acceptance of policies that facilitate nature conservation within cities.

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公众对欧洲对生物多样性友好的绿色空间管理的态度

世界范围内城市化进程的加快要求城市可持续发展。同时，全球生物多样性危机加剧了在城市内部培育生物多样性的需求。支持城市自然保护的政策需要了解人们对生物多样性友好型绿色空间管理的接受程度。我们对欧洲19个城市的2,000多人进行了调查，调查了他们对公共绿地中近乎自然的城市草地管理的态度，并将他们的反应与9种社会文化参数相关联。结果表明，整个欧洲的人们都可以支持城市生物多样性，但要在公共绿化通常较为整洁的框架内进行。年轻人和那些将绿地用于更多活动的人更倾向于采用对生物多样性有利的绿地管理。另外，意识到生物多样性的意义的人和那些声明负责生物多样性保护的人特别支持对生物多样性友好的绿色空间管理。我们的结果指向诸如环境教育之类的明确措施，以提高公众对促进城市内自然保护的政策的接受程度。