Research
Four focus groups, more than 50 residents heard
A questionnaire shows how many people think something — but not why. That is why we also held focus groups in four sub-districts, to see behind the numbers.
The baseline study preceding the community meeting did not stop at the questionnaire. Alongside the nearly 1,666 completed online questionnaires, we held focus-group discussions in four sub-districts, with a total of around 50 residents taking part.
01 What does a focus group add?
The questionnaire is quantitative: it shows the proportions, the trends, the view of the majority. But a bare number does not reveal what lies behind it — what experience, fear or hope. The focus group uncovers this layer: in a moderated small-group discussion, people say why they think what they think.
Together the two give the full picture: the questionnaire the "how much", the focus group the "why".
The research in numbers
- complex, quantitative and qualitative baseline study (2025)
- nearly 1,666 questionnaire responses, analysis of four sub-districts
- focus groups held in 4 sub-districts
- around 50 residents spoke in person
- the research was carried out by Urbavis Kft., in a report of 83+ pages
02 Why does a good process start this way?
Local knowledge is a decisive argument in its own right: someone who uses a stretch of road or a green space day in, day out often sees things that are invisible from the drawing board. The baseline study channels in this locally accumulated knowledge — and lays the groundwork for the community meeting, where the participants selected by draw deliberate building on this picture.
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