Analyzing urban parks’ spatial integration in Budapest to understand changes in visitation patterns during the Covid-19 pandemic

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ID21247092
AuthorsZoltán Bereczki (0000-0003-0707-1621, University of Debrecen), György Csomós (0000-0003-2487-4450, University of Debrecen, corresponding author), Jenő Zsolt Farkas (0000-0002-4245-2908, ELTE Centre for Economic and Regional Studies)
Year2024
Volume51
Issue1
Pages286-289
Publication date2024-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironment and Planning B Urban Analytics and City Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2399-8083 • E-ISSN: 2399-8091
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/23998083231217012
OpenAlexW4388723749
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited4

Globally, dramatic changes in park visitation have accompanied the COVID-19 pandemic. In general, cities have experienced an overall increase in park visitation after strict lockdowns imposed in the pandemic’s first wave have been removed. However, previous research conducted in Hungary has demonstrated that park visitation varied across parks with different sizes and locations in the city. We hypothesized that the degree of the park’s integration into the urban fabric significantly affected changes in visitation. To test this hypothesis, we conducted a space syntax analysis. Findings show that community parks with an area of 10.01–50.00 hectares and a mean spatial integration of 83.37 experienced the highest increase in the number of visitors (based on mobile devices’ GNSS data). Surprisingly, large metropolitan parks providing highly complex ecosystem services lost many visitors during the pandemic, which might be due to their low spatial integration

Archaeology · Cartography · Environmental planning · Geography · Metropolitan area · Pandemic · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Space syntax · Urban park · Computer Science · Land Use and Ecosystem Services · Medicine · Urban Design and Spatial Analysis · Urban Green Space and Health

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