COVID-19 and the compact city: Implications for well-being and sustainable urban planning.

ABSTRACT: This paper provides new evidence on the role of city planning, urban form, and built environment characteristics in health and well-being during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Based on survey and geographic information systems (GIS) data from Oslo and Viken in Norway, the paper investigates changes in health and well-being due to COVID-19 and how the compact city and its characteristics relate to these changes. Findings indicate that self-reported measures of health and well-being worsened due to COVID-19. The most substantial changes were reported for life satisfaction, anxiety, and satisfaction with leisure, personal relationships, and vacations. General health, happiness, and satisfaction with income also declined during COVID-19 in comparison with pre-COVID-19 times. Over

SUBMITTER: Mouratidis K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8666382 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature