Department of Psychology, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV5 8DR, UK.
Eberly College of Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA.
Sci Rep. 2022 Aug 4;12(1):13398. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-16330-z.
The widespread COVID-19 pandemic fundamentally changed many people's ways of life. With the necessity of social distancing and lock downs across the United States, evidence shows more people engage in outdoor activities. With the utilization of location-based service (LBS) data, we seek to explore how visitation patterns to national parks changed among communities of color during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our results show that visitation rates to national parks located closer than 347 km to individuals have increased amidst the pandemic, but the converse was demonstrated amongst parks located further than 347 km from individuals. More importantly, COVID-19 has adversely impacted visitation figures amongst non-white and Native American communities, with visitation volumes declining if these communities are situated further from national parks. Our results show disproportionately low-representations amongst national park visitors from these communities of color. African American communities display a particularly concerning trend whereby their visitation to national parks is substantially lower amongst communities closer to national parks.
广泛传播的 COVID-19 大流行从根本上改变了许多人的生活方式。随着美国各地社交距离和封锁的必要性，有证据表明更多的人参与户外活动。利用基于位置的服务 (LBS) 数据，我们试图探索在 COVID-19 大流行期间，有色人种社区对国家公园的访问模式如何发生变化。我们的研究结果表明，在大流行期间，距离个人 347 公里以内的国家公园的游客人数有所增加，但距离个人超过 347 公里的公园则相反。更重要的是，COVID-19 对非白人和美国原住民社区的游客人数产生了不利影响，如果这些社区距离国家公园较远，游客数量就会下降。我们的研究结果表明，来自这些有色人种社区的国家公园游客人数代表比例不成比例地低。非裔美国人社区呈现出一个特别令人担忧的趋势，即他们到国家公园的访问量在靠近国家公园的社区中大幅下降。
