SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON THE USE OF URBAN PARKS
Abstract
The new coronavirus caused a serious crisis in the public, economic and social health sector, causing the closure of all trade in non-essential services, through distancing recommendations, which focused on preventing the contagion of the disease, with Therefore, before the pandemic, urban parks were considered healthy environments, which contributed to the quality of life, however, the fear of contamination affected the decision-making of the visitors in relation to visits to the park. Thus, the study aimed to analyze the influence of restrictive measures caused by the pandemic on the use of urban parks. In terms of methodology, we opted for a literature review. As a search strategy for studies, the SCOPUS and Web Of Science databases were consulted, using the following indexing terms: “urban parks” AND pandemic. After the screening process, 10 studies were selected, which demonstrate that even in the face of a pandemic period, people from different countries continued to use urban parks, in some cases increasing the frequency of use of these spaces, in the However, there were also cases of a decrease in visits to parks, due to the population not feeling safe in the environment.
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