Mapping topo-ambivalent places for the purposes of strategic planning of urban space. The case of Šternberk, the Czech Republic

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Table 1. Socio-demographic profiles of the research sample and the population of the town aged 15 years and higher (%) and χ² test results.

Age
%	15–19 years	20–29 years	30–39 years	40–49 years	50–59 years	60–69 years	70 years and more	TOTAL
Research sample	13.53	15.79	17.29	15.79	14.29	10.53	12.78	100.00
Šternberk	6.41	15.66	20.26	15.64	17.36	10.41	14.26	100.00
χ²	χ² p value (0.05): 0.0613			statistically significant difference: NO
Education
%	Elementary	Secondary school without graduation		Secondary school with graduation	University		TOTAL
Research sample	20.30	26.32		36.09	17.29		100.00
Šternberk	21.41	34.76		32.64	11.20		100.00
χ²	χ² p value (0.05): 0.0526				statistically significant difference: NO
Time spent in the town as a resident
%	Native residents			Immigrants			TOTAL
Research sample	57.89			42.11			100.00
Šternberk	49.10			50.90			100.00
χ²	χ² p value (0.05): 0.1066			statistically significant difference: NO
Gender
%	Male			Female			TOTAL
Research sample	40.60			59.40			100.00
Šternberk	48.42			51.58			100.00
χ²	χ² p value (0.05): 0.0713			statistically significant difference: NO
Number of inhabitants aged 15 years and higher	10,917
Number of respondents	133

Source: field survey; MICR (2019); authors’ processing.

Figure 1. Particular methods used for the identification of topo-ambivalent places. Source: authors’ design.

Table 2. Topo-ambivalent places in the town of Šternberk and the most frequent feelings that residents had towards them.

No.	place	reasons of topophily	reasons of topophoby
1	Historical centre and the closest surrounding	centre of the town, square	Romanies, dark
2	Tyršovy sady	quiet, park, nature	maladjusted citizens, dark
3	Dvorská street	centre of the town	danger, Romanies
4	Woods of the town	nature, woods	visually unpleasant
5	Masarykova street	quiet, nature, pleasant	noise, criminality, intoxicated people
6	Swimming pool	water, relaxation	Romanies, conflicts
7	Jívavská street and surrounding	quiet, pleasant	heavy traffic, inhospitable
8	Olomoucká street	shopping	heavy traffic, too many shops
9	Gen. Eliáše street and surrounding	dwelling, sport	appearance of buildings

Source: field survey; authors’ processing.

MICR. (2019). Počty obyvatel v obcích [online]. https://www.mvcr.cz/clanek/statistiky-pocty-obyvatel-v-obcich.aspx

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