Department of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea.
OJEong Resilience Institute, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Feb 27;20(5):4259. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20054259.
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the stress of city dwellers is increasing, and some adapt to the pandemic by pursuing physical and psychological well-being in neighborhood parks. To improve the resilience of the social-ecological system against COVID-19, it is important to understand the mechanism of adaptation by examining the perception and use of neighborhood parks. The purpose of this study is to investigate users' perceptions and use of urban neighborhood parks since the outbreak of COVID-19 in South Korea using systems thinking. To verify the hypotheses about the relationship between variables involved in COVID-19 adaptive feedback, two research objectives were set. First, this study determined the causal structure leading to park visits using systems thinking. Second, the relationship between stress, motivation, and the frequency of visits to neighborhood parks was empirically verified. To conduct the research, the system of use and perceptions of parks were analyzed through a causal loop diagram to determine the feedback between psychological variables. Then, a survey was conducted to verify the relationship between stress, motivation for visits, and visit frequency, which are the major variables derived from the causal structure. A total of three feedback loops were derived in the first step, including a loop in which COVID-19 stress was relieved by visits to parks and a loop in which COVID-19 stress worsened due to crowding in parks. Finally, the relationship of stress leading to park visits was confirmed, and the empirical analysis showed that anger about contagion and social disconnection were linked as motives for park visits, and that park visits were mainly motivated by the desire to go out. The neighborhood park functions as an adaptive space for the stress of COVID-19 and will maintain its role as social distancing becomes more important to various socio-ecological changes. The strategies driven by the pandemic can be adapted in park planning to recover from stress and improve resilience.
随着 COVID-19 大流行的持续，城市居民的压力不断增加，一些人通过在邻里公园追求身心健康来适应疫情。为了提高社会-生态系统对 COVID-19 的适应能力，了解邻里公园的感知和使用情况以探究适应机制非常重要。本研究旨在利用系统思维探讨韩国 COVID-19 爆发以来用户对城市邻里公园的感知和使用情况。为了验证与 COVID-19 适应性反馈相关的变量之间关系的假设，设定了两个研究目标。首先，本研究利用系统思维确定导致公园访问的因果结构。其次，验证邻里公园访问的压力、动机与频率之间的关系。为了开展研究，通过因果回路图分析公园的使用和感知系统，以确定心理变量之间的反馈。然后，进行了一项调查，以验证压力、访问动机与访问频率之间的关系，这些是从因果结构中得出的主要变量。在第一步中得出了三个反馈回路，包括公园访问缓解 COVID-19 压力的回路以及公园拥挤导致 COVID-19 压力恶化的回路。最后，确认了压力导致公园访问的关系，实证分析表明，对感染和社会隔离的愤怒是公园访问的动机，而公园访问主要是出于外出的愿望。邻里公园是 COVID-19 压力的适应空间，随着社交距离对各种社会生态变化变得更加重要，它将保持其作用。由大流行驱动的策略可以在公园规划中进行调整，以缓解压力并提高恢复能力。
