Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the use and perceptions of urban green space: An international exploratory study

Ugolini, Francesca; Massetti, Luciano; Calaza-Martínez, Pedro; Cariñanos, Paloma; Dobbs, Cynnamon; Ostoić, Silvija Krajter; Marin, Ana Marija; Pearlmutter, David; Saaroni, Hadas; Šaulienė, Ingrida; Simoneti, Maja; Verlič, Andrej; Vuletić, Dijana; Sanesi, Giovanni

doi:10.1016/j.ufug.2020.126888

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“…In China, those attributes were not influential factors on the access of green areas [29], which is a similar trend to that shown in Rupprecht et al [27]. As for the research published right after the beginning of the pandemic, it was reported that the frequency and access of green areas had changed, as the existing studies, such as Žlender and Thompson [30], analyzed accessibility and purpose of visit [22,24,31]. Some of the research focused on health issues rather than socioeconomic issues [26,32].…”

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Access and Use of Green Areas during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Green Infrastructure Management in the “New Normal”

Uchiyama

Kohsaka

2020

Sustainability

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This study aims to identify the influence of the socioeconomic attributes and environmental contexts of citizens’ residential areas on the access and use of green areas during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results can aid policymaking and facilitate the safe and unrestricted use of green areas during the pandemic. The access and use of green areas were analyzed using a survey conducted after the official COVID-19 emergency in Japan (16 April to 14 May, 2020). Visits to green areas during the pandemic have gained salience globally from multiple perspectives: health, planning, social justice, and equity. The results of this study demonstrated that socioeconomic factors influenced the frequency of visiting green areas. The factors further influenced the use of the three categories of green areas (parks, agricultural lands, and gardens). Environmental contexts, including the land use patterns in residential areas, also influenced the use of specific types of green areas. Thus, policies need to further facilitate visits to green areas by reflecting the socioeconomic attributes of residents and their households, including income, number of children, gender, and age, incorporating those who have less access and considering the spread of COVID-19 locally. Furthermore, policies for the use of specific green areas, including parks, agricultural lands, and gardens, need to take cognizance of the residents’ environmental contexts. Management of specific green areas, like agricultural lands, is required, and residents should be provided with opportunities to use these areas with measures to avoid infection.

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Access and Use of Green Areas during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Green Infrastructure Management in the “New Normal”

Uchiyama

Kohsaka

2020

Sustainability

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“…Presenting the paper in this way provides a platform arguing that GI should continue to be considered as "essential infrastructure". It is also reflective of the scales/GI types discussed by Nesbitt et al [6], Public Health England [8], Rousseau and Deschacht [9], Ugolini et al [10] and Benedict and McMahon [11] within urban planning debates in the transition to a post-Covid-19 landscape, as well as by the Prime Minster of the UK and others during the pandemic.…”

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Access to Nature in a Post Covid-19 World: Opportunities for Green Infrastructure Financing, Distribution and Equitability in Urban Planning

Mell

Whitten

2021

IJERPH

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Covid-19 changed the way many people viewed and interacted with the natural environment. In the UK, a series of national lockdowns limited the number of places that individuals could use to support their mental and physical health. Parks, gardens, canals and other ”green infrastructure” (GI) resources remained open and were repositioned as “essential infrastructure” supporting well-being. However, the quality, functionality and location of GI in urban areas illustrated a disparity in distribution that meant that in many cases communities with higher ethnic diversity, lower income and greater health inequality suffered from insufficient access. This paper provides commentary on these issues, reflecting on how planners, urban designers and environmental organizations are positioning GI in decision-making to address inequality. Through a discussion of access and quality in an era of austerity funding, this paper proposes potential pathways to equitable environmental planning that address historical and contemporary disenfranchisement with the natural environment in urban areas.

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“…They are rich with educational value, microcosms from which the whole world can be examined and explained to students and enthusiasts alike. Recent studies show how these benefits have been increasingly valued during the pandemic and duly missed when quarantine measures have made them inaccessible [118]. However, all of these social, cultural, environmental and economic benefits must be known if they are to be guaranteed, and they must be studied and communicated according to empiric scientific methods that are precise, unbiased and easily understood by decision-makers.…”

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A Systematic Literature Review of Historic Garden Management and Its Economic Aspects

2020

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Historic gardens are important parts of humanity’s built heritage within the designed landscape, providing many environmental, economic and socio-cultural benefits. Management is a key part of their conservation, perhaps the most difficult because it is costly, must be continual, and requires a skilled workforce. This systematic review looks at the literature addressing historic garden management, with special attention regarding the social, economic and environmental aspects of sustainability. Academic studies on this subject come from many different disciplines, making it both stimulating and fragmented. It is now time to consolidate these interdisciplinary efforts into a clear vision, including a framework of key themes and research methods so as to better coordinate efforts and make the information and innovation generated more accessible to the garden managers “in the trenches”. With this aim, reviewed studies are classified according to 10 criteria: supply or demand orientation; management phase involved; primary sustainability processes addressed; geographic criteria; number of sites covered; policy documents referred to; kind of data collected; study methods employed; possibility of bias specifically regarding historic gardens; garden use. An analysis of these criteria shows that historic garden management literature focuses on describing the gardens themselves, with few studies interested in the people supporting them. Future research should follow recent policy documents’ lead and pay more attention to community value and involvement.

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Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the use and perceptions of urban green space: An international exploratory study

Cited by 435 publications

References 21 publications

Access and Use of Green Areas during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Green Infrastructure Management in the “New Normal”

Access and Use of Green Areas during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Green Infrastructure Management in the “New Normal”

Access to Nature in a Post Covid-19 World: Opportunities for Green Infrastructure Financing, Distribution and Equitability in Urban Planning

A Systematic Literature Review of Historic Garden Management and Its Economic Aspects

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