Survey, waiver, and data evaluating human-nature connection in urban parks

Human-nature connection (HNC) is a concept derived from investigating the formulation and extent of an individual’s identification with the natural world. This relationship is often characterized as an emotional bond to nature that develops from the contextualized, physical interactions of an individual, beginning in childhood. This outcome presents complexity in evaluating the development of HNC but suggests optimism in the pathways for enhancing lifelong HNC.
As urban populations increase, there is a growing recognition worldwide of the potential for urban green space to cultivate HNC and thus shape the environmental identity of urban residents.
The results of an online survey of 560 visitors to three community parks (managed primarily to provide a variety of physical, social and cultural opportunities) and three conservation parks (managed primarily to protect native plants and wildlife) in Madison, Wisconsin, USA, were used to investigate HNC.
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Study Area
Madison has a population of approximately 270,000 residents, covers approximately 260 km2, and is located in south central Wisconsin, USA (US Census Bureau, 2022).  Madison is currently the fastest growing city in Wisconsin and is home to the state capital and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (US Census Bureau, 2022). The study area is within the Yahara Watershed, now largely dominated by agricultural and urban land cover, and experiences four distinct seasons (Carpenter et al., 2007, Wisconsin State Climatology Office, 2010). 
The six selected parks were based on their classification as a community or conservation park; an estimated visitation rate; a central, western, or eastern location in Madison; and approval from the Madison Parks Division of the City of Madison (Figure 1).  The size of the community parks ranged from 19.07 ha to 101.50 ha, and the size of the conservation parks ranged from 24.39 ha to 39.17 ha.  The parks can be broadly described as mix..., , # Human-nature connection consent form and survey

[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.h70rxwdqr](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.h70rxwdqr)

The data set contains the raw and coded data used in the analysis as presented in the published article. The supplementary material contains two documents, the consent form that preceded the survey and the survey questions that were administered online to community and conservation park visitors in Madison, WI, USA as presented in the published article.

## Description of the data and file structure

The data set contains the raw and coded data used in the analysis as presented in the published article. The supplementary material contains two documents, the consent form that preceded the survey and the survey questions that were administered online to community and conservation park visitors in Madison, WI, USA as presented in the published article.

The following provides a definition for each column notation.
ParkID indicates each park's identification...