Selected applications.

Mobile gardening applications offer a wide range of opportunities to shape the environmental behaviour of city dwellers, while stimulating action for greater access and contact with nature. Despite this, their educational potential is not sufficiently recognised and exploited. The aim of this qualitative research is to gain an in-depth understanding of the extent to which existing mobile apps can facilitate digital education for the development of green cities. For this purpose, the user insight approach has been applied. The study analyses 7 980 reviews of fourteen apps applications from Google Play Store. The results reveal the motivations behind users’ decision to download urban gardening apps and the features that facilitate or hinder their use. The obtained results are relevant not only for green information systems research but also for app developers, and those involved in the urban education process: city authorities, urban educators, pro-environmental associations, and grassroots activists, among others.

移动园艺应用（Mobile gardening applications）可为塑造城市居民的环境行为提供多元路径，同时可激励用户开展提升自然接触频次、拓展自然接触渠道的行动。尽管如此，此类应用的教育潜力尚未得到充分认知与开发利用。本项定性研究旨在深入探析现有城市园艺移动应用可在多大程度上助力面向绿色城市发展的数字化教育工作。为此，本研究采用用户洞察研究法，分析了来自谷歌应用商店（Google Play Store）的14款城市园艺应用的共7980条用户评论。研究结果揭示了用户下载城市园艺应用的动机，以及对其使用产生促进或阻碍作用的功能特性。本研究所得结果不仅对绿色信息系统（green information systems）研究领域具有参考价值，同时也可为应用开发者、参与城市教育工作的各类主体（包括城市管理部门、城市教育工作者、环保公益组织及基层活动人士等）提供实践指引。