Disparities in greenspace access during COVID-19 mobility restrictions.

ABSTRACT: More than half of the human population lives in cities and therefore predominantly experience nature in urban greenspace, an important contributor to wellbeing. As the world faces a pandemic which threatens the physical and mental health of billions of people, it is crucial to understand that all have the possibility to access nature exposure to alleviate some of these challenges. Here, for the first time, we integrate data from Facebook, Twitter, and Google Search users to show that people looked for greenspace during COVID-19 mobility restrictions but may not have always managed to reach it. We used a longitudinal approach, replicated in three European cities, to assess whether people spent more time in locations with more greenspace, and whether this change in urban density remained for

SUBMITTER: Lusseau D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9951027 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature