Urban Forest Recreation and Its Possible Role throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Alternative codes found

RIV/62156489:43410/23:43923613

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/f14061254" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.3390/f14061254</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f14061254" target="_blank" >10.3390/f14061254</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Urban Forest Recreation and Its Possible Role throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic

Original language description

Urban forests provide benefits in terms of the environment and society. Many people living in urban areas could profit from the recreational services provided by urban forests to alleviate the physical and psychological stresses caused by closure restrictions during the COVID-19 epidemic. However, limited research has been conducted on the role of forest recreation during the COVID-19 lockdown to support future policy decisions regarding such dramatic circumstances. The study aims to investigate the frequency of visitors in the reference Training Forest Enterprise Masaryk Forest Křtiny in Brno, Czech Republic, and to verify if the lockdown led to its intensified use, under the context of weather conditions. Data were collected using a Pyro Box Compact reader and TRAFx Infrared Trail Counter. Regression analysis was performed to determine whether individual weather factors significantly influenced the intensity of forest visitations before and during COVID-19. The number of visits in 2021 during the strict lockdown and post-lockdown periods was significantly higher during spring and autumn than in 2016 and 2017, respectively. The frequency pattern of forest users visibly changed in 2021, and the total number of visits was much higher, even though 2021 had worse weather than the reference years before the pandemic. The results show the recreational use and importance of the forest, especially during the pandemic. This work is a continuation of our previous research with regard to this area, which indicated the importance of forest recreational services for the well-being and health of city dwellers.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Forests

ISSN

1999-4907

e-ISSN

1999-4907

Volume of the periodical

14

Issue of the periodical within the volume

6

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

16

Pages from-to

1254

UT code for WoS article

001014604100001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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