How Do Urban Walking Environments Impact Pedestrians' Experience and Psychological Health? A Systematic Review

C Sundling, M Jakobsson - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Daily walks are recommended for health gains, and walkable urban environments are
recommended as one strategy to combat climate change. Evidence of the relationship …

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”

U Pröbstl-Haider, K Gugerell… - Journal of Outdoor …, 2023 - Elsevier
The special issue presents international experiences with COVID-19 in the years 2020 and
2021 on outdoor recreation and nature-based tourism. To set the scene, a bibliometric and …

Experimental study on comparison of indoor and multiple outdoor thermal environments excluding visual and acoustic interference

S Liu, B Cao, Y Zhu - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
To make holistic assessment of the urban environment, it is important to consider both
indoor and outdoor thermal environment. Outdoor thermal parameters play key roles in high …

Neighborhood Built Environments and Health in Later Life: A Literature Review

J Finlay, AC Westrick, V Guzman… - Journal of Aging and …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: This literature review aims to assess the current state of the field linking
neighborhood environments to later-life health and wellbeing. Methods: We used electronic …

Older adults' community participation, physical activity, and social interactions during and following COVID-19 restrictions in Australia: a mixed methods approach

C Gough, C Barr, LK Lewis, C Hutchinson, A Maeder… - BMC Public Health, 2023 - Springer
Background With the increasing age of the global population, key components of healthy
ageing including community, physical, and social participation continue to gain traction …

The road to postpandemic recovery in the USA: A repeated cross-sectional survey of multidimensional well-being over two years

RG Cowden, JS Nakamura, PARF Pacheco, Y Chen… - Public Health, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives Examine differences in multidimensional well-being from before (January 2020)
to three timepoints during the COVID-19 pandemic (June 2020, January 2021, January …

Socio-ecological determinants of older people's mental health and well-being during COVID-19: A qualitative analysis within the Irish context

V Guzman, F Doyle, R Foley, P Craven… - Frontiers in Public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Evidence indicates that older people with biological and social vulnerabilities
are at high risk of short-and long-term consequences related to the COVID-19 pandemic …

Therapeutic landscapes, networks, and health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed-methods study among female domestic workers

F Winata, SL McLafferty - Social Science & Medicine, 2023 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has had profound impacts on access to and use of therapeutic
landscapes and networks, especially for people who are vulnerable due to economic, social …

Visiting urban green space and orientation to nature is associated with better wellbeing during COVID-19

BB Lin, C Chang, E Andersson, T Astell-Burt… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has severely challenged mental health and wellbeing. However,
research has consistently reinforced the value of spending time in green space for better …

A counterfactual analysis of opioid-involved deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic using a spatiotemporal random forest modeling approach

Z Xia, K Stewart - Health & Place, 2023 - Elsevier
The global pandemic of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) has been linked to adversely impacting
individuals with opioid use disorder in the United States. This study focuses on analyzing …