[HTML][HTML] Outdoor recreation and nature's contribution to well-being in a pandemic situation-Case Turku, Finland

N Fagerholm, S Eilola, V Arki - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2021 - Elsevier
Urban green infrastructure provides a range of experiences for people and various health
benefits that support human well-being. To increase urban resilience, exceptional situations …

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the use of and attitudes towards urban forests and green spaces: Exploring the instigators of change in Belgium

N Da Schio, A Phillips, K Fransen, M Wolff… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has strongly impacted our society, producing drastic changes in
people's routines and daily mobility, and putting public spaces under a new light. This paper …

[HTML][HTML] Health benefits of evidence-based biophilic-designed environments: A review

SH Hung, CY Chang - Journal of People, Plants, and Environment, 2021 - jppe.ppe.or.kr
Background and objective: People-nature experiences, which suggest that humans seek
connections between nature and other forms of life, were presented by biologist EO Wilson …

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 …

Urban green equity and COVID-19: Effects on park use and sense of belonging in New York City

JM Pipitone, S Jović - Urban forestry & urban greening, 2021 - Elsevier
Public spaces in cities of today are characterized by socio-spatial inequalities that often
result in restricted mobility for, and exclusion of, marginalized populations—inequalities that …

[HTML][HTML] Coping with crisis: Green space use in Helsinki before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

S Korpilo, A Kajosaari, T Rinne… - … in Sustainable Cities, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has encouraged a deeper exploration about how people deal with
crisis. This paper presents one of the first pre-and during-pandemic assessments of urban …

Environmental justice implications of siting criteria in urban green infrastructure planning

FA Hoover, S Meerow, ZJ Grabowski… - … Policy & Planning, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Green infrastructure (GI) has become a panacea for cities working to enhance sustainability
and resilience. While the rationale for GI primarily focuses on its multifunctionality (eg …

[HTML][HTML] Exercising under COVID-2x: Conceptualizing future green spaces in Australia's neighborhoods

DHR Spennemann - Urban Science, 2021 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has proven to be a social and economic disruptor on a global
scale, severely curtailing people's ability to travel and engage in many recreation activities …

[HTML][HTML] How did the COVID-19 pandemic impact urban green spaces? A multi-scale assessment of Jeddah megacity (Saudi Arabia)

A Addas, A Maghrabi - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2022 - Elsevier
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic emerged as a global public health threat. In this
crisis period, urban parks provided multiple ecosystem services and direct/indirect benefits …

[HTML][HTML] Changes in visits to green spaces due to the COVID-19 pandemic: Focusing on the proportion of repeat visitors and the distances between green spaces and …

H Kim, Y Shoji, K Mameno, T Kubo, T Aikoh - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2023 - Elsevier
Through a quantitative approach, this study aimed to clarify the changes in the number of
visitors and visits to green spaces according to green space type before and after the COVID …