Attitudes towards urban green during the COVID-19 pandemic via Twitter

Marchi, V; Speak, Andrew; Ugolini, Francesca; Sanesi, Giovanni; Carrus, Giuseppe; Salbitano, Fabio

doi:10.1016/j.cities.2022.103707

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“…When it comes to language interpretation and translation, previous studies already found limitations in capturing nuances about sentiment and understanding perception. Automated sentiment analysis of big data was not sufficient, applying manual coding analysis, defining categories, and using a mixed qualitative and quantitative review [41]. We share with other studies the limitation that scarce information in short texts may lead to misinterpretation by the researchers, although human ratification brings a nuanced understanding of subtle language expressions as irony.…”

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confidence: 88%

“…Despite being a country with an impressive presence of nature, two-thirds of its land is forest, and the anonymous urban green spaces that serve populated neighborhoods of its major city, Tokyo, often go unnoticed [40]. Close-to-home parks, elements that provide contact with nature and allow recovery in case of emergencies, have proven to be essential in planning [41]. Rinshinomori Park, a neighborhood-scale green space presents an ideal case study to explore the intersection with nature in a dense urban fabric.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Urban Forest Tweeting: Social Media as More-Than-Human Communication in Tokyo’s Rinshinomori Park

Sánchez

Lobo

2023

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Urban parks are places that have significant impact on the physical and mental health of citizens, but they are also for safeguarding biodiversity and thus fostering human–nature interactions in the everyday landscape. The exploration of these spaces through social media represents a novel field of research that is contributing to revealing patterns of visitor behavior. However, there is a lack of comparable research from a non-anthropocentric perspective. What if we could use social media as a more-than-human communication medium? This research aims to reveal the possibility of communicating the urban forest’s voice through the examination of the official Twitter account of a metropolitan park in Tokyo. To this end, an analysis of the content of the messages is carried out, focusing on the narrative voice from which the message is told, the protagonists, the action performed, the network of actors deployed, and the place where it occurs. It is found that the majority of these messages are delivered from a non-human perspective, where plants, animals, or meteorological agents behave deploying complex networks of more-than-human interaction. The current study reveals the latent potential of non-humans as possible agents within the realm of social media, which can mediate the relationships between humans and their environment. It introduces a layer that can be incorporated into future lines of research, as well as provides a model case that illustrates a good practice in the management and communication of urban green spaces.

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Urban Forest Tweeting: Social Media as More-Than-Human Communication in Tokyo’s Rinshinomori Park

Sánchez

Lobo

2023

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“…Distintos estudios indican que los espacios verdes también desempeñan un papel importante al reducir las condiciones de vida estresantes de la ciudad y ayudar a las personas a ser más resilientes frente a las crisis (Manmoudi, et al 2022;Marchi et al, 2022;Saümel y Sanft, 2022). Las conexiones sociales que suscitan la asistencia a eventos públicos en el exterior pueden detonar las interacciones y los sentimientos de familiaridad, además de fortalecer el sentido de pertenencia comunitaria, independientemente del estatus social de las personas (Bertram y Rehdanz, 2015).…”

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Espacio social y apropiación del espacio verde público en la arquitectura de paisaje

Plata

2023

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Los espacios verdes pueden contribuir al bienestar humano en la medida que cumplan con su funcionalidad social. El presente texto reflexiona sobre el proceso de apropiación social del espacio público en el marco de la arquitectura de paisaje. Se retoman enfoques que tienen como base los conceptos de construcción social del paisaje y espacio social, ya que se reconoce el papel de la dimensión social en la construcción y diseño del espacio abierto verde para mejorar la calidad de vida y el bienestar social. Se concluye que abordar la construcción social del espacio verde público desde la apropiación social contribuiría a diseñar y construir un paisaje para la vida, que satisfaga las necesidades materiales e inmateriales de los habitantes de una ciudad.

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“…Another group consisted of studies on the spatial policies of cities and regions with respect to the availability of green spaces for recreation [29,30]. The papers also presented numerous challenges for agencies responsible for green spaces management in terms of adapting their activities to new social expectations (e.g., increasing the role of nature-based solutions and green infrastructure, designing green spaces taking into account the needs of different user groups, ensuring equal access to green spaces) [31,32].…”

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Unveiling the Essential Role of Green Spaces during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond

Ciesielski,

Gołos,

Stefan

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The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the essential role of urban and rural green spaces for societies coping with global public health crisis. During this particular time, a significant body of research was devoted to human–nature relationships, as well as the use and importance of green spaces, both from the management and visitors’ perspectives, along with the vital role of nature in human health and wellbeing. Furthermore, the pandemic experience induced new paradigms in spatial and urban planning, along with the management of forest and protected areas seeing the crucial role of green spaces in shaping long-term socio-environmental resilience and sustainability. Thus, after the official end of the pandemic, our study aimed to provide a systematic review of the international research related to green spaces within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on those published between 2020 and 2023. The literature search within SCOPUS and Web of Science databases was conducted on 16 May 2023. A dataset of 161 articles was analyzed using a two-stage analysis. In the first stage, screening based on the title, abstract, and keywords was carried out. In the second stage, a detailed full text analysis was carried out, resulting in a final dataset of 66 articles related to the scope of this review. This article gives an in-depth methodological and conceptual overview, also referring to the applied research and management context related to green spaces in urban and rural environments. It concludes with lessons learned and poses open questions for future research related to green space planning and management. The literature review shows that institutions managing green spaces in cities and forests are facing new challenges. These include pursuing sustainable management policies in cities, ensuring equitable access to urban green space and community participation in the decision-making process, adapting suburban forest management to social expectations, and the recreational development of forest areas taking into account social needs and ecosystem sustainability.

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Attitudes towards urban green during the COVID-19 pandemic via Twitter

Cited by 22 publications

References 59 publications

Urban Forest Tweeting: Social Media as More-Than-Human Communication in Tokyo’s Rinshinomori Park

Urban Forest Tweeting: Social Media as More-Than-Human Communication in Tokyo’s Rinshinomori Park

Espacio social y apropiación del espacio verde público en la arquitectura de paisaje

Unveiling the Essential Role of Green Spaces during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond

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