Abstract
Context: The comprehension of patterns regarding the knowledge that grade schoolers of a certain city have, just like the facts which favor or alter this, been of great interest, as they allow one to conduct subsequent comparative analyses with groups affected by particular susceptibilities related to the place where they study in that city. Problem: The objective of the present work focuses on the knowledge of one of those patterns: The local heritage (cultural, natural, services and leisure), that a school-age population from a medium-sized city as Ciudad Real has, resolving the impact that factors such as school location, sociocultural background and age may have on the preference of that heritage. Methodology: To verify this, a sample of 200 people was taken, all of whom resided in Ciudad Real during the school year 2017/2018.Results and Conclusions: From the analysis of the results from this study, we can come to the conclusion that preference over city heritage cannot be predicted based on proximity of the participant’s school, as this is not a decisive element according to the analyzed sample. However, this study is of great interest to local authorities since it allows one to establish strategies that seek a better understanding of all the heritages of the city based on a source of ignorance.
Highlights
During the last decades in Spain, the urban growth process has affected the big metropolitan areas, and the medium-sized ones, greatly altering their structure and nature
The possibility of identifying preference patterns related to the local heritage in medium-sized cities, exemplified by Ciudad Real, is difficult to predict following the analysis of information obtained from the participants in this study, we can infer some interesting results that show a degree of statistical significance which allows us to make the following statements:
- Natural heritage is inversely represented when it comes to significance, that is, preference is positioned in those natural spaces that are distant from the zone where the school is located
Summary
During the last decades in Spain, the urban growth process has affected the big metropolitan areas, and the medium-sized ones, greatly altering their structure and nature. That is why in any given urban space, both natural factors or elements, and human actions, take part in this process, without forgetting that, besides that reality, the ideas that we have about things and the way we live take part. It is precisely the mixture of all these elements that provide each city with a series of particular characteristics. Why the elements that configure the urban space make reference to the way the city has been built, and are shown in a series of elements such as: Road infrastructure, green areas, relief, etc. We cannot forget that the knowledge of a city isn’t only made up of the physical foundation that forms it from a morphological perspective, and how this space is understood and used by its citizens [6] (p. 1154)
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