Sina microblog sentiment in Beijing city parks as measure of demand for urban green space during the COVID-19

Zhu, Jiyou; Xu, Chengyang

doi:10.1016/j.ufug.2020.126913

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“…This approach was also used to determine age in studies on urban forest experiencers [29,39]. Manual assessment of age was also used in a study on public sentimental response during the pandemic with large-scale big data [53]. Although artificial intelligence instruments can be used to recognize the age of people in photos [54], their ability is trained by a dataset that was classified by people [31].…”

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Can Urban Forest Settings Evoke Positive Emotion? Evidence on Facial Expressions and Detection of Driving Factors

Liu

Xia

et al. 2021

Sustainability

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There is increasing interest in experiences of urban forests because relevant studies have revealed that forest settings can promote mental well-being. The mental response to a forest experience can be evaluated by facial expressions, but relevant knowledge is limited at large geographical scales. In this study, a dataset of 2824 photos, detailing the evaluated age (toddler, youth, middle-age, and senior citizen) and gender of urban forest visitors, was collected from Sina Weibo (a social media application similar to Twitter in China) between 1–7 October 2018, in 12 randomly chosen cities in China. Happy and sad expressions were rated as scores by FireFACE software V1.0, and the positive response index (PRI) was calculated by subtracting sad scores from happy scores. Regional environmental factors were collected to detect driving forces using regression analyses. Happy scores were higher in forests than in urban settings, while sad scores for toddlers were lower in forests than in promenades and squares. Females showed more positive emotional expressions than males. Increases in happy scores were driven by the increase of daily minimum temperature; while PRI declined with increases in latitude. Overall, an urban forest experience can evoke positive emotions, which is likely due to comfortable feelings in warm temperatures.

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Can Urban Forest Settings Evoke Positive Emotion? Evidence on Facial Expressions and Detection of Driving Factors

Liu

Xia

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“…Growing evidence has shown that during the current pandemic individuals have been increasingly engaging in activities in public and open spaces, preferably natural ones, due to the perceived physical and mental well-being resulting from this interaction ( Ugolini et al, 2020 ; Venter et al, 2020 ; Geng et al, 2021 ; Robinson et al, 2021 ). For example, a study based on social media data ( Zhu, & Xu, 2021 ) showed that contents on landscapes and green plants inside a park were associated with positive emotions. Moreover, the sentiment scores were negatively correlated with confirmed cases and number of deaths from COVID-19 ( Zhu, & Xu, 2021 ).…”

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“…For example, a study based on social media data ( Zhu, & Xu, 2021 ) showed that contents on landscapes and green plants inside a park were associated with positive emotions. Moreover, the sentiment scores were negatively correlated with confirmed cases and number of deaths from COVID-19 ( Zhu, & Xu, 2021 ). Although exposure to natural environments is highly recommended to protect against the negative consequences of the lockdown ( Slater et al, 2020 ), mobility restrictions have denied access to natural spaces in many countries, thus affecting vulnerable individuals and communities.…”

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

Spano

D’Este

Giannico

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Urban Forestry & Urban Greening

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“…Importantly, those who had access to public green areas during a lockdown reported higher psychological and physical health than those who had not [71]. During the pandemic period, also the permanence in parks was associated with greater positive feelings [72]. Those who reported visiting more often the urban green spaces showed greater life satisfaction and happiness, and lower feelings of loneliness, depression, and anxiety [66].…”

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Go Greener, Less Risk: Access to Nature Is Associated with Lower Risk Taking in Different Domains during the COVID-19 Lockdown

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Specific risk attitude and risky behavior had an important boost during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In this contribution, we hypothesize that access to nature during home confinement will decrease both the tendency to passive risk taking and alcohol intake. To do so, we interviewed through an online survey two samples of Italian residents during the strict lockdown due to the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, in Study 1, participants were 1519 Italian residents coming from different Italian regions, whilst in Study 2, participants were 182 students at a university of southern Italy who were monitored for one week. In Study 1, the hierarchical regression analysis attested that access to nature during the lockdown mitigated the tendency to passive risk taking, over and beyond the effect of socio-demographic variables and the psychological construct of impulsiveness, an important personality correlate of risk taking. In Study 2, the hierarchical regression showed that access to green was associated with fewer glasses of alcohol drunk in a week of lockdown. This effect held over and above the effect of socio-demographic variables and the drinking behavior before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. In both studies, findings confirmed the beneficial effect of access to nature in specific risk-taking domains. Theoretical future directions, as well as practical implications for the management of the COVID-19 emergency by policymakers, are discussed.

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Sina microblog sentiment in Beijing city parks as measure of demand for urban green space during the COVID-19

Cited by 82 publications

References 17 publications

Can Urban Forest Settings Evoke Positive Emotion? Evidence on Facial Expressions and Detection of Driving Factors

Can Urban Forest Settings Evoke Positive Emotion? Evidence on Facial Expressions and Detection of Driving Factors

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

Go Greener, Less Risk: Access to Nature Is Associated with Lower Risk Taking in Different Domains during the COVID-19 Lockdown

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