Covid-19 and outdoor recreation – Lessons learned? Introduction to the special issue on “Outdoor recreation and Covid-19: Its effects on people, parks and landscapes”

Pröbstl‐Haider, Ulrike; Gugerell, Katharina; Maruthaveeran, Sreetheran

doi:10.1016/j.jort.2022.100583

Cited by 20 publications

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“…To reconcile the expectations of different stakeholders, decisions need to be made at different spatial levels, from a single forest complex to the forest district and national levels. As with UGS, decision-makers need to be provided with appropriate data and methods to develop the best solutions for the management of forest areas [117].…”

Section: Forests and Protected Areas-adaptation To Social Needsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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

Ciesielski,

Gołos,

Stefan

et al. 2024

Forests

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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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Section: Forests and Protected Areas-adaptation To Social Needsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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

Ciesielski,

Gołos,

Stefan

et al. 2024

Forests

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“…The park, which is characterized by highly visible mowed areas, open water, and flourishing planting mixtures, provides a diverse and picturesque landscape for visitors to enjoy ( 23–27 ). It is attractive to walkers, dog walkers, and cyclists and provides space and opportunities for physical activity ( 28 , 29 ). The social aspect of the landscape is perceived by individuals when they interact socially, and it includes a wide range of themes related to public attitudes, values, behaviors, and activities ( 30 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…People perceive the physical landscape as the interaction between individuals and the natural and built environments (22). The park, which is characterized by highly visible mowed areas, open water, and flourishing planting mixtures, provides a diverse and picturesque landscape for visitors to enjoy (23)(24)(25)(26)(27). It is attractive to walkers, dog walkers, and cyclists and provides space and opportunities for physical activity (28,29).…”

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Health perception and restorative experience in the therapeutic landscape of urban wetland parks during the COVID-19 pandemic

Li,

Chang,

Cai

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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IntroductionThe effects of restoration and inspiration in the therapeutic landscape of natural environments on visitors during the COVID-19 pandemic have been well-documented. However, less attention has been paid to the heterogeneity of visitor perceptions of health and the potential impacts of experiences in wetland parks with green and blue spaces on visitors’ overall perceived health. In this study, we investigate the impact of the restorative landscapes of wetland parks on visitors’ health perceptions in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.MethodsIn our survey, 582 respondents participated in an online questionnaire. We analyzed the respondents’ health perceptions in terms of latent class analysis, used multinomial logistic regression to determine the factors influencing the potential categorization of health perceptions, and used structural equation modeling to validate the relationships between health perceptions of different groups and landscape perceptions of wetland parks, restorative experiences, and personality optimistic tendencies.ResultsThe results identified three latent classes of health perceptions. Gender, marital status, education, occupation, income, distance, frequency of activities, and intensity of activities were significant predictors of potential classes of perceived health impacts among wetland park visitors.DiscussionThis study revealed the nature and strength of the relationships between health perception and landscape perception, restorative experience, and dispositional optimism tendencies in wetland parks. These findings can be targeted not only to improve visitor health recovery but also to provide effective references and recommendations for wetland park design, planning, and management practices during and after an epidemic.

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“…For many people, the pandemic restrictions and the closure of many leisure places meant that nature-based resources have taken on significant importance for carrying out leisure activities [13]. Research carried out during the first lockdown periods shows that naturebased recreation and tourism activities increased significantly, highlighting, in some cases, increases of more than 200% [14].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Navigating Time: A Comparative Analysis of Senior Tourists’ Intentions and Length of Stay in Italy Pre-, during, and Post-COVID-19

Campolo,

Giannetto,

Lanfranchi

et al. 2024

Sustainability

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The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic led to a rapid global health crisis, which shocked the tourism industry by closing borders and reducing tourism demand. This study aims to analyze the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on senior Italian tourism. If, on the one hand, seniors represent, from a tourism perspective, one of the most promising markets for the near future; on the other hand, they are the population that has most suffered the consequences of the pandemic event. Drawing on national statistical data, this study examines the impact of COVID-19 on the holiday intentions and length of stay of senior Italian tourists in Italy. The proposed methodological approach evaluates both travel intentions and length of stay by comparing the pre-pandemic, pandemic, and post-pandemic periods. It breaks down the decision-making process into two phases (to go on holiday or not, and length of stay) and is based on the estimation of a probit model with sample selection, which provides a more accurate approach to addressing the complex decision-making dynamics surrounding travel during pandemic periods, offering greater precision in modeling the factors influencing travel intention and length of stay. The results show a strong correlation between the decision to travel and the length of stay in the period before the pandemic. However, during the post-pandemic period there is a change in dynamics, where other factors gain importance in determining the length of stay regardless of the decision to travel.

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Covid-19 and outdoor recreation – Lessons learned? Introduction to the special issue on “Outdoor recreation and Covid-19: Its effects on people, parks and landscapes”

Cited by 20 publications

References 76 publications

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

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

Health perception and restorative experience in the therapeutic landscape of urban wetland parks during the COVID-19 pandemic

Navigating Time: A Comparative Analysis of Senior Tourists’ Intentions and Length of Stay in Italy Pre-, during, and Post-COVID-19

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