<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> In urban ecosystems, typically created by humans, it is very difficult to balance the needs of all its inhabitants. Significance of nature in the cities has been perceived since the ancient times. In the city there are many problems associated with the lack or sometimes excess of water, as well as poor quality. In times of water resources decline and their progressive degradation, each aquatic ecosystem should be investigated because of its values. Among the aquatic ecosystems occurring in the cities, there are: river valleys, natural lakes, water reservoirs, as well as small bodies of water. The aim of this study is to raise public awareness about the role of aquatic ecosystems in cities with different sizes and with a varying number of inhabitants. All respondents in each type of city felt the need of water presence in their surroundings and treated it as a necessary part of the proper functioning, as well as a place for rest and recreation. However, lack of management and a poor ecological status of them were noticed</p></abstract>

In urban ecosystems, typically created by humans, it is very difficult to balance the needs of all its inhabitants. Significance of nature in the cities has been perceived since the ancient times. In the city there are many problems associated with the lack or sometimes excess of water, as well as poor quality. In times of water resources decline and their progressive degradation, each aquatic ecosystem should be investigated because of its values. Among the aquatic ecosystems occurring in the cities, there are: river valleys, natural lakes, water reservoirs, as well as small bodies of water. The aim of this study is to raise public awareness about the role of aquatic ecosystems in cities with different sizes and with a varying number of inhabitants. All respondents in each type of city felt the need of water presence in their surroundings and treated it as a necessary part of the proper functioning, as well as a place for rest and recreation. However, lack of management and a poor ecological status of them were noticed

Diversity of Aquatic Ecosystems in Urban Areas - Public Expectations

University of Life Science of Lublin, Department of Landscape Ecology and Nature Conservation, Dobrzańskiego Street 37, Lublin, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland

Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research

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In urban ecosystems, typically created by humans, it is very difficult to balance the needs of all its inhabitants. Significance of nature in the cities has...

Diversity of Aquatic Ecosystems in Urban Areas - Public Expectations

Published Online: Sep 08, 2015

Page range: 125 - 134

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/trser-2015-0007

Keywords
aquatic ecosystems, public expectations, social dialogue, urban area, water in the city

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Diversity of Aquatic Ecosystems in Urban Areas - Public Expectations

Published Online: Sep 08, 2015

Page range: 125 - 134

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/trser-2015-0007

Keywordsaquatic ecosystems, public expectations, social dialogue, urban area, water in the city

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
aquatic ecosystems, public expectations, social dialogue, urban area, water in the city