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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
卷 777, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146092
关键词
Urban greenspace; Coronavirus; COVID-19; Urban big data; Social media; Parks
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51778552]
- Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong SAR [CityU11207520]
Global urban residents have reduced their mobility in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, potentially keeping them away from greenspaces, while anecdotal evidence suggests greenspace use surged in Asian cities. People prefer large nature parks near city centers, and have been escaping to nature to cope with the pandemic in Asian cities.
As global communities respond to the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), urban residents worldwide have reduced their mobility, which may have incidentally kept people away from greenspaces. Surprisingly, anecdotal evidence suggests greenspace use surged in Asian cities. In this study, we used the COVID-19 pandemic as a natural experiment to investigate individuals' behavioral changes in greenspace use before and during the pandemic. We created a longitudinal panel dataset comprising Instagram posts from 100,232 users relating to 1185 greenspaces in four Asian cities: Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, and Seoul. We found a 5.3% increase in the odds of people using greenspaces for every 100-case increase in weekly new cases. The models also revealed that people prefer nature parks that are large and close to city centers. In summary, because of the established physical and mental health benefits of greenspaces, people have been escaping to nature to cope with the pandemic in Asian cities. (c) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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