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6.1. Discussion

6.1. Discussion

Figure 3.10 User groups

Figure 3.11 Responses to the close-end questions from the survey covering the place.

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The Fisher. Leisure and recreational fishers. Most of the fishermen arrive by car or bicycle and stay in the area for a longer period. Most of them occupy the beginning and the end of the pier when and where the fish are most abundant. A general observation is that people use the area the most when the weather is more inviting. During winter, all these users disappear gradually after dark. The runner is the only user group that comes frequently to the place even after dark, along with the people who start fishing during dusk.

During the analysis, an online survey and an on-site interview were used to gather data and conclude how frequently people visit Langeliniekajen. To better understand the perception of people of the space, a survey was developed and distributed over the social network to the target users. Due to the low concurrence of the site, the main question that arose was if people were not visiting the site because. They were not aware of its existence, or they were choosing not to visit the place.

The purpose of the survey was to increase the data available and understand, from a much higher number of subjects, their behaviour towards the space. Being an online survey provided several advantages, such as ease of completion, the possibility of having more subjects to answer and easy compiling of results compared to the interviews. In a sense, the interviews, being a more direct and personal approach, helped with a deeper understanding of the issues, whereas the survey helped with the wider distribution of a set of questions to as many people as possible. The survey casted a wide net and included questions regarding people's visits to the space too, just in case some of the respondents had visited the space. The methodology of conducting both the interviews and the survey covered enough questions and was addressed to enough respondents to get a good understanding of their behaviour, worries and wants regarding the space.

The survey received 85 responses to the question "How long have you been living in Copenhagen" with 16.5% answering "less than a year", 41.2% saying "more than 5 years" and 42.4% answering "between 1-5 years". This shows a good distribution of the survey, with over 83% the people having lived in the city for more than 1 year. This is relevant because people who just arrived in Copenhagen might not know about the space yet and thus the site is more popular among locals or people living in the city for a long time (Fig 3.11) Furthermore, a large majority of 81.6% of people know about the place, with 67.8% having been to the place already. Again, this shows that the target users of the survey had some knowledge and could express an informed opinion about the space. Over 86.1% of the respondents said they visited the place frequently adding more confidence in the results of the survey. Strongly relevant are the answers to "Do you visit the place after dark?" questions, with 86.1% saying that they don't. This represents a huge proportion of respondents, highlighting issues related to poor lighting, personal safety reasons, lack of activities and points of interests.

Following the survey, ten responses were received regarding why people go to the place, with an additional 47 responses why they do not go to the place. (Fig 3.12). Most of the answers about why people visited the place, gave reasons such as "living or working nearby", or "going for a walk or running". One answer referred to the raised part, mentioning that it was a nice feeling to go up and down on that path. Another answer mentioned that it was peaceful and a nice view for an evening walk.

Figure 3.12 Extract of responses to the open-end questions from the survey

The survey also received answers concerning why people do not visit the space. The proportion of answers given to why they do not visit versus why they do visit is overwhelming, with a 4.5 x ratio. This is indicative of clear reasons and justifications as to why the current state of the space is not fulfilling its potential and shows the problems people are seeing with the space, especially after dark, from a safety perspective. Most of the answers mentioned that there was not much to see and nothing interesting to do, that the space was extremely dark and there was a lack of visibility. The place is considered to be far away from other points of interest of the city.

Judging the answers from the survey, there is a strong suggestion of a missed opportunity in the utilization of thespace. Since it represents the end of the Copenhagen waterfront, it has a lot of potential for attracting more visitors, including tourists, locals and people who work in the area.

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