Htqe.2025.44

https://doi.org/10.22364/htqe.2025.44 | 617-629 | PDF

Formation of an Accessible Sports Environment in the City of Lviv: infrastructure dimension

Volodymyr Khudoba¹, Pavlo Kucher¹, Orest Stefanyshyn¹, Ivan Ilnytskyi¹
¹Ivan Boberskyi Lviv State University of Physical Culture, Ukraine

Abstract
The article examines the role of sports infrastructure in the formation of inaccessible sports environment, as one of the key areas of sustainable development of a modern city, since ensuring equal access to sports infrastructure contributes to social integration, improving thequality of life and strengthening the health of the population.

The work aims to investigate the accessibility of sports infrastructure in the city of Lviv, toconsiderexisting barriers and opportunities for its improvement. It has been established that the sportsinfrastructure of the city of Lviv consists of 14 stadiums; 15 swimming pools; 10 sports complexes; 4 bases of Olympic, Paralympic and Deaflympic training; 375 sports grounds; 6 shooting ranges, oneshooting stand, archery range; 183 sports halls and a bicycle track. An analysis of the location of the city’s sports infrastructure indicates an uneven provision of such facilities in its various districts. Theformation of an accessible sports environment in Lviv is an important step towards creating equalopportunities for people with disabilities, but in order to fully realize this potential, it is necessary toovercome barriers in accessibility, financing and social support.

The results of the analysis of the pedestrian accessibility of sports facilities showed that the best-equipped districts are Halytskyi (98.1% of residential buildings within a 500 m accessibility zone), Frankivskyi (95.8%) and Sykhivskyi (83.6%). At the same time, the lowest indicators were recorded in Zaliznychny (74.3%), Lychakivskyi (67.6%) and Shevchenkivskyi (64.7%) districts, which indicates limited spatial integration of sports infrastructure in these parts of the city.

Adaptive sports in Lviv are actively developing; evidence of this is the holding of numeroussports competitions, including the national qualifying stage of Invictus Games 2023 and the All-Ukrainian Adaptive Competition Bestrong Games 2024. Sports facilities hosting such competitions arebecoming increasingly accessible, however, other sports facilities need to be modernized to increasetheir accessibility by installing special lifts, ramps, handrails, bathrooms adapted for people withdisabilities, etc.

Keywords: sports environment, sports infrastructure, adaptive sports, accessibility, Geographic Information System, spatial analysis

In: Human, Technologies and Quality of Education, 2025. Proceedings of Scientific Papers = Cilvēks, tehnoloģijas un izglītības kvalitāte, 2025. Rakstu krājums.  Ed. L. Daniela. Riga: University of Latvia, 2025. 698 p.
ISBN 978-9934-36-461-7 
https://doi.org/10.22364/htqe.2025