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Article: Escaping to nature during a pandemic: A natural experiment in Asian cities during the COVID-19 pandemic with big social media data

TitleEscaping to nature during a pandemic: A natural experiment in Asian cities during the COVID-19 pandemic with big social media data
Authors
KeywordsUrban greenspace
Coronavirus
COVID-19
Urban big data
Social media
Issue Date2021
PublisherElsevier BV. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/scitotenv
Citation
Science of the Total Environment, 2021, v. 777, p. article no. 146092 How to Cite?
AbstractAs global communities respond to the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), urban residents worldwide have reduced their mobility, which may have incidentally kept people away from greenspaces. Surprisingly, anecdotal evidence suggests greenspace use surged in Asian cities. In this study, we used the COVID-19 pandemic as a natural experiment to investigate individuals' behavioral changes in greenspace use before and during the pandemic. We created a longitudinal panel dataset comprising Instagram posts from 100,232 users relating to 1185 greenspaces in four Asian cities: Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, and Seoul. We found a 5.3% increase in the odds of people using greenspaces for every 100-case increase in weekly new cases. The models also revealed that people prefer nature parks that are large and close to city centers. In summary, because of the established physical and mental health benefits of greenspaces, people have been escaping to nature to cope with the pandemic in Asian cities.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/306254
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2023 Impact Factor: 8.2
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.998
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dc.contributor.authorLu, Y-
dc.contributor.authorZHAO, J-
dc.contributor.authorWu, X-
dc.contributor.authorLo, SM-
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-20T10:20:59Z-
dc.date.available2021-10-20T10:20:59Z-
dc.date.issued2021-
dc.identifier.citationScience of the Total Environment, 2021, v. 777, p. article no. 146092-
dc.identifier.issn0048-9697-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/306254-
dc.description.abstractAs global communities respond to the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), urban residents worldwide have reduced their mobility, which may have incidentally kept people away from greenspaces. Surprisingly, anecdotal evidence suggests greenspace use surged in Asian cities. In this study, we used the COVID-19 pandemic as a natural experiment to investigate individuals' behavioral changes in greenspace use before and during the pandemic. We created a longitudinal panel dataset comprising Instagram posts from 100,232 users relating to 1185 greenspaces in four Asian cities: Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, and Seoul. We found a 5.3% increase in the odds of people using greenspaces for every 100-case increase in weekly new cases. The models also revealed that people prefer nature parks that are large and close to city centers. In summary, because of the established physical and mental health benefits of greenspaces, people have been escaping to nature to cope with the pandemic in Asian cities.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherElsevier BV. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/scitotenv-
dc.relation.ispartofScience of the Total Environment-
dc.subjectUrban greenspace-
dc.subjectCoronavirus-
dc.subjectCOVID-19-
dc.subjectUrban big data-
dc.subjectSocial media-
dc.titleEscaping to nature during a pandemic: A natural experiment in Asian cities during the COVID-19 pandemic with big social media data-
dc.typeArticle-
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dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146092-
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dc.identifier.hkuros327875-
dc.identifier.volume777-
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dc.identifier.isiWOS:000655615100017-
dc.publisher.placeNetherlands-

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