Public Space in Different Cultural Conditions: The Cases of Glasgow and Poznań
| 27 cze 2023
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Data publikacji: 27 cze 2023
Zakres stron: 115 - 129
Otrzymano: 31 mar 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/quageo-2023-0019
© 2023 Wojciech Ewertowski, published by Sciendo
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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The percentage rate of respondents who mentioned the selected place as one of their answers to the question: ‘Please enumerate three places that you would decide to show a person visiting Glasgow/Poznań for the first time’.
| No | Poznań | Glasgow | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Description | % | Place | Description | % | |
| 1. | Old Market Square | Main square (part of Old Town) | 65.3 | Kelvingrove Gallery | Museum / art. gallery | 31.9 |
| 2. | Citadel | Green area / cemetery | 32.1 | George Square | Main square | 22.9 |
| 3. | Malta Lake | Lake / recreational area / green area | 26.0 | Botanic Gardens | Green area | 19.9 |
| 4. | New ZOO | Zoo / green area | 13.0 | Glasgow University | University / historic building | 15.8 |
| 5. | Shopping Mall / entertainment centre | 11.9 | Riverside Museum | Museum | 11.3 | |
| 6. | Cultural centre / historic building | 11.7 | Buchanan Street | Retail street | 10.0 | |
| 7. | Island / historic area / sacred area | 10.6 | kelvingrove Park | Green area | 8.6 | |
| 8. | Palm House | Palm house | 9.7 | Glasgow Cathedral | Historic church | 7.2 |
| 9. | Cathedral | Historic church (part of site 7) | 6.8 | Glasgow Green | Green area / palm house | 7.2 |
| 10. | Old Town | Central city district | 6.2 | Necropolis | Green area / cemetery | 6.8 |
The percentage rate of the respondents who mentioned the selected category as one of their answers to the question: ‘Which three types of behaviour or events you associate with public space’.
| No | Poznań | Glasgow | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type of activity | % | Type of activity | % | |
| 1 | Concerts | 26.9 | Art | 15.4 |
| 2 | Demonstrations, protests | 20.2 | Concerts | 12.8 |
| 3 | Festivals, fairs | 18.6 | Sports | 12.2 |
| 4 | Sports | 16.4 | Socialising | 9.6 |
| 5 | Walking | 13.6 | Shopping | 9.0 |
Characteristics of the respondents in Poznań.
| Socio-demographic feature | Number of respondents | % |
|---|---|---|
| Sex | ||
| Female | 273 | 50.1 |
| Male | 265 | 48.6 |
| No data | 7 | 1.3 |
| Age | ||
| < 19 | 19 | 3.5 |
| 19–25 | 248 | 45.5 |
| 26–35 | 127 | 23.3 |
| 36–45 | 49 | 9.0 |
| 46–55 | 47 | 8.6 |
| 56–65 | 23 | 4.2 |
| > 65 | 26 | 4.8 |
| No data | 6 | 1.1 |
| Education | ||
| Elementary school | 12 | 2.2 |
| Vocational school | 39 | 7.2 |
| High school | 108 | 19.8 |
| Vocational secondary school | 62 | 11.4 |
| University (bachelor’s / engineering degree) | 183 | 33.6 |
| University (master’s degree) | 133 | 24.4 |
| No data | 8 | 1.5 |
| House type | ||
| Detached house | 77 | 14.1 |
| Semi-detached house | 35 | 6.4 |
| Block of flats of old type | 118 | 21.7 |
| Block of flats of new type | 101 | 18.5 |
| Tower block | 109 | 20.0 |
| Tenement / Town house | 94 | 17.2 |
| No data | 11 | 2.0 |
| Years of residence | ||
| < 3 | 105 | 19.3 |
| 3–5 | 118 | 21.7 |
| 6–10 | 66 | 12.1 |
| > 10 | 245 | 45.0 |
| No data | 11 | 2.0 |
| Origin | ||
| Poznań | 214 | 39.3 |
| Poland | 320 | 58.7 |
| No data | 11 | 2.0 |
Characteristics of the respondents in Glasgow.
| Socio-demographic feature | Number of respondents | % |
|---|---|---|
| Sex | ||
| Female | 336 | 48.7 |
| Male | 268 | 38.8 |
| No data | 86 | 12.5 |
| Age | ||
| < 19 | 85 | 12.3 |
| 19–25 | 219 | 31.7 |
| 26–35 | 69 | 10.0 |
| 36–45 | 62 | 9.0 |
| 46–55 | 59 | 8.6 |
| 56–65 | 47 | 6.8 |
| > 65 | 63 | 9.1 |
| No data | 86 | 12.5 |
| Education | ||
| Elementary school | 16 | 2.3 |
| Vocational school | 22 | 3.2 |
| High school | 103 | 14.9 |
| Vocational secondary school | 1 | 0.1 |
| University (bachelor’s / engineering degree) | 332 | 48.1 |
| University (master’s degree) | 110 | 15.9 |
| No data | 106 | 15.4 |
| House type | ||
| Detached house | 141 | 20.4 |
| Semi-detached house | 164 | 23.8 |
| Block of flats of old type | 117 | 17.0 |
| Block of flats of new type | 88 | 12.8 |
| Tower block | 4 | 0.6 |
| Tenement / Town house | 73 | 10.6 |
| No data | 103 | 14.9 |
| Years of residence | ||
| < 3 | 166 | 24.1 |
| 3–5 | 55 | 8.0 |
| 6–10 | 24 | 3.5 |
| > 10 | 312 | 45.2 |
| No data | 133 | 19.3 |
| Origin | ||
| Glasgow | 223 | 32.3 |
| Scotland | 241 | 34.9 |
| Other part of UK | 110 | 15.9 |
| No data | 116 | 16.8 |
The categories of space most often mentioned in the answers to the question: ‘Please enumerate three places that you would decide to show a person visiting Glasgow/Poznań for the first time’.
| No | Poznań | Glasgow | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | % | Category | % | |
| 1 | City square / market square | 32.6 | Museum | 25.5 |
| 2 | Green area | 22.2 | Green area | 15.0 |
| 3 | Historic building | 7.0 | City square / market square | 8.3 |
| 4 | City district | 5.5 | City district | 8.0 |
| 5 | Shopping mall | 5.2 | Street | 5.7 |