Abstract Grasslands are widespread elements of urban greenspace providing recreational, psychological and aesthetic benefits to city residents. Two urban grassland types of contrasting management dominate urban greenspaces: frequently mown, species-poor short-cut lawns and less intensively managed, near-natural tall-grass meadows. The higher conservation value of tall-grass meadows makes management interventions such as converting short-cut lawns into tall-grass meadows a promising tool for urban biodiversity conservation. The societal success of such interventions, however, depends on identifying the values urban residents assign to different types of urban grasslands, and how these values translate to attitudes towards greenspace management. Using 2027 questionnaires across 19 European cities, we identify the assigned values that correlate with people's personal greenspace use and their preferences for different types of urban grasslands to determine how these values relate to the agreement with a scenario of converting 50% of their cities’ short-cut lawns into tall-grass meadows. We found that most people assigned nature-related values, such as wildness, to tall-grass meadows and utility-related values, such as recreation, to short-cut lawns. Positive value associations of wildness and species richness with tall-grass meadows, and social and nature-related greenspace activities, positively correlated with agreeing to convert short-cut lawns into tall-grass meadows. Conversely, disapproval of lawn conversion correlated with positive value associations of cleanliness and recreation potential with short-cut lawns. Here, people using greenspaces for nature-related activities were outstandingly positive about lawn conversion. The results show that the plurality of values assigned to different types of urban grasslands should be considered in urban greenspace planning. For example, tall-grass meadows could be managed to also accommodate the values associated with short-cut lawns, such as tidiness and recreation potential, to support their societal acceptance.

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接受近乎自然的绿地管理与欧洲城市居民的生态和社会文化分配价值有关

摘要 草原是城市绿地中广泛存在的元素，为城市居民提供休闲、心理和审美益处。两种城市草地类型的对比管理在城市绿地中占主导地位：经常修剪、物种贫乏的捷径草坪和管理较少、接近自然的高草草地。高草甸具有较高的保护价值，这使得将短距离草坪转变为高草甸等管理干预措施成为城市生物多样性保护的有前途的工具。然而，此类干预措施的社会成功取决于确定城市居民赋予不同类型城市草地的价值观，以及这些价值观如何转化为对绿地管理的态度。使用横跨 19 个欧洲城市的 2027 份问卷，我们确定了与人们的个人绿地使用和他们对不同类型城市草地的偏好相关的分配值，以确定这些值与将 50% 的城市短距离草坪转变为高草草地的方案的一致性. 我们发现，大多数人将与自然相关的价值（如野性）分配给高草草地，将与公用事业相关的价值（如娱乐）分配给捷径草坪。野生性和物种丰富度与高草甸以及与社会和自然相关的绿地活动的正价值关联，与同意将短切草坪转变为高草甸呈正相关。相反，不赞成草坪转换与清洁度和娱乐潜力与短距离草坪的正价值关联相关。这里，使用绿色空间进行与自然有关的活动的人们对草坪改造非常积极。结果表明，在城市绿地规划中应考虑分配给不同类型城市草地的多元价值。例如，可以管理高草草地以适应与短草坪相关的价值，例如整洁度和娱乐潜力，以支持它们的社会接受度。