Public parks and the pandemic: How park usage has been affected by COVID-19 policies

ZM Volenec, JO Abraham, AD Becker, AP Dobson - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Public parks serve an important societal function as recreational spaces for diverse
communities of people, with well documented physical and mental health benefits. As such …

Policy and environmental predictors of park visits during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic: getting out while staying in

DS Curtis, A Rigolon, DL Schmalz… - Environment and …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The COVID-19 pandemic may have altered visitation patterns to parks, with potential effects
on human health. Little is known about park use early in the pandemic, how park availability …

Urban park use during the COVID-19 pandemic: Are socially vulnerable communities disproportionately impacted? Front. Sustain

LR Larson, Z Zhang, JI Oh, W Beam, SS Ogletree… - Cities, 2022 - books.google.com
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 …

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 …

Disparities in city-wide park use before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of Atlanta, Georgia

J Fernandez, K Melcher, Y Song, S Rezaeimalek… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Access to parks is important for a population's mental, physical, and social health. The
importance of parks became even more apparent during the COVID-19 pandemic when …

Impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on urban park visitation: a global analysis

D Geng, J Innes, W Wu, G Wang - Journal of forestry research, 2021 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in over 33 million confirmed cases and over 1 million
deaths globally, as of 1 October 2020. During the lockdown and restrictions placed on public …

A quasi-experimental analysis on the causal effects of COVID-19 on urban park visits: The role of park features and the surrounding built environment

W Zhang, J Li - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2023 - Elsevier
Although many studies have explored the correlations between mobility intervention policies
and park use during COVID-19, only a few have used causal inference approaches to …

Use of smartphone mobility data to analyze city park visits during the COVID-19 pandemic

J Jay, F Heykoop, L Hwang, A Courtepatte… - Landscape and Urban …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic focused attention on city parks as important public
resources. However, monitoring park use over time poses practical challenges. Thus …

Exploring public values through Twitter data associated with urban parks pre-and post-COVID-19

JH Huang, MF Floyd, LG Tateosian, JA Hipp - Landscape and Urban …, 2022 - Elsevier
Since school and business closures due to the evolving COVID-19 outbreak, urban parks
have been a popular destination, offering spaces for daily fitness activities and an escape …

Parks are critical urban infrastructure: Perception and use of urban green spaces in NYC during COVID-19

B Lopez - Preprints, 2020 - par.nsf.gov
Urban green spaces provide a range of environmental and health benefits, which may
become even more critical during times of crisis such as the current COVID-19 pandemic …