High public appreciation for the cultural ecosystem services of urban and peri‑urban forests during the COVID-19 pandemic

A Beckmann-Wübbelt, A Fricke, Z Sebesvari… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cultural ecosystem services (CES) of urban and peri‑urban forests (UPF) contribute to the
urban population's health and well-being. However, UPF face numerous threats from …

“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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Access and use of green areas during the COVID-19 pandemic: Green infrastructure management in the “new normal”

Y Uchiyama, R Kohsaka - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
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 …

Smart and resilient urban futures for sustainability in the post COVID-19 era: A review of policy responses on urban mobility

C Kakderi, E Oikonomaki, I Papadaki - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has put lifestyles in question, changed daily routines, and limited
citizen freedoms that seemed inalienable before. A human activity that has been greatly …

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 …

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] COVID-19 and the compact city: Implications for well-being and sustainable urban planning

K Mouratidis - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper provides new evidence on the role of city planning, urban form, and built
environment characteristics in health and well-being during the coronavirus disease (COVID …

[HTML][HTML] Behaviour in public open spaces: A systematic review of studies with quantitative research methods

S Han, D Song, L Xu, Y Ye, S Yan, F Shi, Y Zhang… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Public open spaces are important assets that play a significant role in city lives, based on
which a great number of behaviour-based studies are being conducted. These studies often …

Green infrastructure in the time of social distancing: Urban policy and the tactical pandemic urbanism

K Herman, Ł Drozda - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic generated a number of changes in the functioning of urban areas
all over the world and had a visible impact on the use of green infrastructure, including city …