Sense of security and wellbeing assessment in local community and directions of social wellbeing restoration with the use of nature-based solutions

Constant progress of urbanization and the shortage of greenspaces, may cause a poor sense of security, the feeling of alienation among urban residents, leading to low social cohesion, loss of the sense of wellbeing and intensify urban stress. This paper presents the first stage of research in which the perception of the local community’s everyday life quality in relation to the place of residence and the level of integration were examined. A questionnaire survey has been carried out in the target group. 96 questionnaires were collected, 9 questions in relation to 9 demographic data were subjected to statistical analysis. The aim of the entire research is to indicate whether and to what extent, the introduced nature-based solutions are able to improve sense of security and wellbeing in the local community. The chi-square test of independence and the Spearman's rank correlation coefficient were determined. The results have revealed poor sense of security and community wellbeing in a certain group of respondents. The authors also discuss the positive impact of urban greenery on the social wellbeing parameters and point out the necessity to include NBSs in the systemic directions, on the example of the Grow Green project in the City of Wroclaw.