How Urban Green Spaces Need to Change to Address the Public Post-Covid Expectations

Sikorska, Daria; Wojnowska-Heciak, Magdalena; Heciak, Jakub; Bukowska, Joanna; Łaszkiewicz, Edyta; Sikorski, Piotr

doi:10.2139/ssrn.4109031

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“…As COVID-19 had unprecedented impacts on the global society, research regarding the importance of UGS during a pandemic has been actively conducted [ 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 ]. Nevertheless, survey-based research among urban residents is rarely utilized [ 37 ].…”

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“…Nevertheless, survey-based research among urban residents is rarely utilized [ 37 ]. Moreover, although UGS in megacities with higher population densities, such as Beijing, Seoul, or New York City, are predicted to experience a greater impact from a pandemic [ 36 ], there are a not many related studies focused on these cities [ 38 , 39 ]. This study aims to fill this research gap based on the hypothesis that COVID-19 and social distancing may have changed people’s perception and usage of public green spaces [ 20 ].…”

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Understanding the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Perception and Use of Urban Green Spaces in Korea

Kim

et al. 2023

IJERPH

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Faced with the prospect that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change will be far-reaching and long-term, the international community is showing interest in urban green space (UGS) and urban green infrastructure utilization as a solution. In this study, we investigated how citizens’ perceptions and use of UGS have changed during COVID-19. We also collected their ideas on how UGS can raise its usability. As a result, more people became to realize the importance of UGS. In particular, the urban environmental purification function from UGS was recognized as giving great benefits to respondents. On the other hand, the patterns of UGS use were mixed with decreasing UGS use to maintain social distancing or increasing UGS use to maintain health or substitute other restricted facilities. More than half of respondents had their UGS visit patterns impacted by COVID-19. In particular, the increase rate of UGS use was rather high in the group that seldom used UGS before COVID-19. In addition, they increased the use of UGS to replace other limited facilities, and thus tended to demand an increase in rest facilities. Based on these results, this paper suggested securing social support and sustainability for the policy by reflecting users’ demand in landscape planning related to the increase of UGS in the city. This study can contribute to improving the resilience of UGS and the sustainability of urban space planning.

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