[HTML][HTML] Cities in the times of COVID-19: Trends, impacts, and challenges for urban sustainability and resilience

JRE Hernández, ST Moghadam, A Sharifi… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, understanding its impacts on cities has
received much attention in science and policy circles. This paper systematically reviews the …

[HTML][HTML] Home garden use during COVID-19: Associations with physical and mental wellbeing in older adults

J Corley, JA Okely, AM Taylor, D Page… - Journal of environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many aspects of people's lives. Lockdown measures
to reduce the spread of COVID-19 have been more stringent for those aged over 70, at …

Parks and the pandemic: A scoping review of research on green infrastructure use and health outcomes during COVID-19

M Heckert, A Bristowe - … Journal of Environmental Research and Public …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Green infrastructure (GI) has long been known to impact human health, and many
academics have used past research to argue for the potential importance of GI as a …

Rethinking urban green spaces for urban resilience. Do green spaces need adaptation to meet public post-covid expectations?

D Sikorska, M Wojnowska-Heciak, J Heciak… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2023 - Elsevier
Based on a social preference survey performed in Warsaw, we assessed the preferences
toward alterations in urban green spaces (UGS) that should take place to ensure safe …

[HTML][HTML] Human dimensions of urban blue and green infrastructure during a pandemic. Case study of Moscow (Russia) and Perth (Australia)

D Dushkova, M Ignatieva, M Hughes, A Konstantinova… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Significant challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted that features of a modern,
sustainable and resilient city should not only relate to fulfilling economic and social urban …

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on retail in city centres

YS Lashgari, S Shahab - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Over the past few decades, city centres and their retail spaces have undergone significant
changes and have struggled to remain economically viable. The COVID-19 pandemic and …

A process approach to the open green space system planning

B Şenik, O Uzun - Landscape and Ecological Engineering, 2022 - Springer
Open green spaces have significant contributions to the city, urban residents and
ecosystem. However, these contributions could not be fully reflected on the urban space due …

Human-nature interactions during and after the COVID-19 pandemic in Moscow, Russia: exploring the role of contact with nature and main lessons from the city …

D Dushkova, M Ignatieva, A Konstantinova, V Vasenev… - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Urban green spaces (UGS) as essential elements of the urban environment provide multiple
ecosystem services including benefits for physical and mental health. Impacts of the COVID …

Rationale, feasibility, and acceptability of the Meeting in Nature Together (MINT) program: a novel nature-based social intervention for loneliness reduction with teen …

AL Sachs, E Coringrato, N Sprague, A Turbyfill… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Recently, there has been an increase in feelings of loneliness and mental health conditions
among adolescents. Within this population, parenting teens are at an increased risk for …

[HTML][HTML] How parks provide thermal comfort perception in the metropolitan cores; a case study in Madrid Mediterranean climatic zone

F Aram, E Solgi, S Baghaee, EH García… - Climate Risk …, 2020 - Elsevier
The combined effects of global warming and increasing urban heat islands (UHIs) on air
temperature and heat stress in cities are notable physical and mental health implications for …