Abstract

SOARES, Manuel  and  PEREIRA, Lucas. Impact of the Covid 19 pandemic on urban green space usage patterns: the case of Condeixa-a-Nova. GOT [online]. 2020, n.20, pp.167-190.  Epub Dec 30, 2020. ISSN 2182-1267.  https://doi.org/10.17127/got/2020.20.008.

This article aims to contribute to the debate about the use of public spaces in cities, focusing on the problems caused by Covid-19 pandemics and its contingencies. Using the case of the Ribeira de Bruscos urban green park in Condeixa-a-Nova, Portugal, the potential to discuss the changes in use prior to the pandemic and during the period of relaxation of restrictions on the frequency and permanence of public space use is recognized. The possibility that the forced confinement has potentiated the frequency levels of urban green spaces in the phase of deconfinement is explored. Based on a survey of a sample of the resident population of Condeixa-a-Nova, an attempt was made to identify possible changes in people's behavior habits that led to a change in the frequency habits of the urban green park due to the pandemic.

Keywords : Practices; Covid-19; confinement; Urban Green parks..

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