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Parks And The Pandemic: A Scoping Review Of Research On Green Infrastructure Use And Health Outcomes During Covid-19, Megan Heckert, Amanda Bristowe
Parks And The Pandemic: A Scoping Review Of Research On Green Infrastructure Use And Health Outcomes During Covid-19, Megan Heckert, Amanda Bristowe
Geography & Planning Faculty Publications
Green infrastructure (GI) has long been known to impact human health, and many academics have used past research to argue for the potential importance of GI as a mechanism for maintaining or improving health within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. This scoping review addresses the question: What evidence, if any, have researchers found of a relationship between green infrastructure use and health during the COVID-19 pandemic? Specifically, evaluating the (a) association of GI use with COVID-19 disease outcomes and (b) association of GI use with other health outcomes as impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Twenty-two studies were identified that …