The impact of Covid-19 restrictions on recreation and use of green space in Wales

Covid-19 限制对威尔士休闲和绿地使用的影响

• 批准号: ES/V004077/1
• 负责人: Simon Willcock
• 金额: $ 1.39万
• 依托单位: Bangor University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FV004077%2F1
• 关键词: impact; Covid; 19; restrictions; recreation

The use of green spaces for recreation has acknowledged benefits for physical and mental health, to the extent of reducing mortality rates [1]. Green spaces include parks and gardens in urban areas, and the wider countryside in more rural settings. There is, however, great inequality in access to green spaces for different sections of society. People from more deprived backgrounds suffer from a lack of quality local green space, but also the means to travel to more distant green space, and use of green spaces tends to decrease with age. A key policy aim is to increase use of green spaces by all sectors of society.Variation in people's use of green spaces remains poorly understand. The social distancing regulations implemented during the Covid-19 pandemic both restrict travel, but also emphasise the importance of exercising locally. This provides a fascinating 'natural experiment' into how the use of green spaces is affected by these regulations. In particular, do we find that different sections of society are affected differently as distant travel is discouraged, but permitted exercise increases use of local green spaces?In January 2020, we surveyed >1000 people, obtaining a representative sample from across Wales. Data showed where, why and how people access green spaces, and the benefits they derive. Repeating this survey during the period of restricted travel and as the UK recovers from the coronavirus crisis will provide unique insight on how people benefit from natural spaces and how this was impacted by Covid-19.1. http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/POST-PN-0538/POST-PN-0538.pdf

使用绿色空间进行娱乐已被公认对身心健康有益，达到降低死亡率的程度[1]。绿色空间包括城市地区的公园和花园，以及更多乡村环境中更广泛的乡村。然而，社会不同阶层在获得绿色空间方面存在很大的不平等。来自更贫困背景的人不仅缺乏高质量的本地绿色空间，而且也没有办法前往更远的绿色空间，而且绿色空间的使用往往随着年龄的增长而减少。一个关键的政策目标是增加社会各部门对绿色空间的使用。人们对绿色空间使用的变化仍然知之甚少。新冠肺炎疫情期间实施的社交距离规定既限制了旅行，也强调了在当地锻炼的重要性。这为绿色空间的使用如何受到这些法规的影响提供了一个迷人的“自然实验”。特别是，我们是否发现社会的不同部分受到不同的影响，因为远距离旅行是不鼓励的，但允许的运动增加了当地绿色空间的使用？2020年1月，我们对超过1000人进行了调查，获得了来自威尔士各地的代表性样本。数据显示了人们在哪里、为什么以及如何使用绿色空间，以及他们从中获得的好处。在旅行受限期间以及随着英国从冠状病毒危机中复苏，重复这项调查将提供关于人们如何从自然空间中受益以及这如何受到Covid-19. 1影响的独特见解。http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/POST-PN-0538/POST-PN-0538.pdf

项目成果

Model ensembles of ecosystem services fill global certainty and capacity gaps.

生态系统服务的模型集合填补了全球确定性和容量差距。

• DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adf5492
• 发表时间: 2023-04-07
• 期刊: SCIENCE ADVANCES
• 影响因子: 13.6
• 作者: Willcock, Simon;Hooftman, Danny A. P.;Neugarten, Rachel A.;Chaplin-Kramer, Rebecca;Barredo, Jose I.;Hickler, Thomas;Kindermann, Georg;Lewis, Amy R.;Lindeskog, Mats;Martinez-Lopez, Javier;Bullock, James M.
• 通讯作者: Bullock, James M.

High Spatial-Temporal Resolution Data across Large Scales Are Needed to Transform Our Understanding of Ecosystem Services

需要大规模的高时空分辨率数据来改变我们对生态系统服务的理解

• DOI: 10.3390/land10070759
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: Land
• 影响因子: 3.9
• 作者: Willcock S