Urban park use during the COVID-19 pandemic: Are socially vulnerable communities disproportionately impacted?

LR Larson, Z Zhang, JI Oh, W Beam… - … in Sustainable Cities, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The COVID-19 pandemic altered human behavior around the world. To maintain mental and
physical health during periods of lockdown and quarantine, people often engaged in …

Reexamine the value of urban pocket parks under the impact of the COVID-19

S Liu, X Wang - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2021 - Elsevier
While the focus of the wide-spread coronavirus is its impacts on people's lives and economic
wellbeing around the world, the pandemic substantially limits people's available options of …

“The forest has become our new living room”–the critical importance of urban forests during the COVID-19 pandemic

H Weinbrenner, J Breithut, W Hebermehl… - Frontiers in forests and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Out of nowhere the COVID-19 pandemic has turned people's everyday lives upside down.
Public places in urban areas were closed. However, leaving the house for recreational and …

Association between indoor-outdoor green features and psychological health during the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy: A cross-sectional nationwide study

G Spano, M D'Este, V Giannico, M Elia… - Urban forestry & urban …, 2021 - Elsevier
Exposure to public green spaces was shown to be associated with psychological health.
Nonetheless, evidence is lacking on the role of different green features within and/or …

Urban green equity and COVID-19: Effects on park use and sense of belonging in New York City

JM Pipitone, S Jović - Urban forestry & urban greening, 2021 - Elsevier
Public spaces in cities of today are characterized by socio-spatial inequalities that often
result in restricted mobility for, and exclusion of, marginalized populations—inequalities that …

COVID-19, cities and inequality

H Li, YD Wei - Applied Geography, 2023 - Elsevier
COVID-19 has changed our lives and will likely leave a lasting imprint on our cities. This
paper reviews how the pandemic has altered the way people commute, work, collaborate …

Coping with crisis: Green space use in Helsinki before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

S Korpilo, A Kajosaari, T Rinne… - … in Sustainable Cities, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has encouraged a deeper exploration about how people deal with
crisis. This paper presents one of the first pre-and during-pandemic assessments of urban …

Green infrastructure inequality in the context of COVID-19: Taking parks and trails as examples

Y Wu, YD Wei, M Liu, I García - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban green infrastructures play a critical role in enhancing the well-being of residents, yet
their equitable access remains a concern, particularly during the COVID-19 outbreak. There …

Park access and mental health among parents and children during the COVID-19 pandemic

MF Hazlehurst, S Muqueeth, KL Wolf, C Simmons… - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Background Time spent outdoors and in nature has been associated with numerous benefits
to health and well-being. We examined relationships between park access and mental …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating the association between urban green spaces and subjective well-being in Mexico city during the COVID-19 pandemic

CM Huerta, A Utomo - Health & Place, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper examines the association between the frequency of use of urban green spaces
(UGS) and the subjective well-being (SWB) of Mexico City's residents during the COVID-19 …