Climate change adaptation measures conflicted with the recreational demands on city forests during COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: Recurrent droughts in southwest Germany threaten the city and community-owned forests (CCF). At the same time, the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the demand for recreation in CCF of southwest Germany. We interviewed stakeholders from different interest groups to critically analyze their opinion on how the high recreation demand on CCF due to the pandemic can be ensured along with implementing climate change adaptation measures in CCF in Karlsruhe, Germany. We found that stakeholders particularly highlighted the importance of the recreational function of the CCF during the pandemic. However, the behavior of visitors was criticized by the stakeholders. We showed that demand for the recreational use of CCF conflicted with climate change adaptation measures such as sanitary and forest restora

SUBMITTER: Beckmann-Wubbelt A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10016162 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature