Greenery at the Service of Leisure for Territorial Attractiveness: The Case of the El Mridj Recreational Forest and the Bardo Urban Park in Constantine-Algeria

Abstract

Green spaces are a natural or artificial ingredient embedded in the urban environment, serving multiple roles across various aspects (social, economic, spatial, and environmental). They host leisure and relaxation activities for individuals, hence the diversity of reasons for visiting and the recreational practices adopted by the populations.
The El Mridj forest and the Bardo urban park in Constantine provide multiple benefits and play an important role as green spaces for recreation and oxygenation, and they are seen as promising areas with considerable attractiveness for the city. The objective of this article is to identify the most common recreational practices in these two spaces and evaluate their impact on promoting the territorial attractiveness of Constantine. For this, we are considering a mixed survey method (qualitative and quantitative) among users, in order to address our main question regarding the influence of their attendance on the creation of territorial dynamics.