The subject of the present study is the efficiency of a municipal green system in terms of its recreational function. Confirmed psychological and sociological phenomena are the starting point of considerations in this study. In further parts of this study, subsequent problems showing the influence of these phenomena upon people's response and behavior in green areas and upon the social functioning of a green system are elaborated in terms of its recreational system. The considerations lead to a description of research methodology. The aim of this research is to identify the disadvantages of a municipal green system in the above-mentioned terms and activities aiming at system efficiency improvement. They are based upon an analysis of psychological and social mechanisms which have an influence upon decisions made, as a result of the motivation process, by city-dwellers, concerning the realization of a defined group of needs within the precincts of recreational green areas and upon spatial conditions analysis, by which this decision is conditioned.

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