ArticleLandscape and urban planning2022
Use of smartphone mobility data to analyze city park visits during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Census Block Group Demographics, Mobility Patterns, and Pharmacy Visits.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- The effect of citywide improvement in street lighting on the use of public space by community residents.Justice quarterly : JQ · 2026Article
- Comparing mapped park and greenspace boundaries in Philadelphia: implications for exposure assessment in health studies.International journal of health geographics · 2024Article
- Risk Index of Regional Infection Expansion of COVID-19: Moving Direction Entropy Study Using Mobility Data and Its Application to Tokyo.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024Article
- Mobility changes following COVID-19 stay-at-home policies varied by socioeconomic measures: An observational study in Ontario, Canada.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Change of urban park usage as a response to the COVID-19 global pandemic.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Changes of Grocery Shopping Frequencies and Associations with Food Deserts during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2023Article
- Exploring park visitation trends during the Covid-19 pandemic in Hungary by using mobile device location data.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- How the COVID-19 pandemic changed patterns of green infrastructure use: A scoping review.Urban forestry & urban greening · 2023Article
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Abstract
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic focused attention on city parks as important public resources. However, monitoring park use over time poses practical challenges. Thus, pandemic-related trends are unknown. Methods: We analyzed monthly mobility data from a large panel of smartphone devices, to assess park visits from January 2018 to November 2020 in the 50 largest U.S. cities. Results: In our sample of 11,890 city parks, visits declined by 36.0 % (95 % CI [27.3, 43.6], p < 0.001) from March through November 2020, compared to prior levels and trends. When we segmented the COVID-19 period into widespread closures (March-April) and reopenings (May-November), we estimated a small rebound in visits during reopenings. In park service areas where a greater proportion of residents were White and highincome, this rebound effect was larger. Conclusions: Smartphone data can address an important gap for monitoring park visits. Park visits declined substantially in 2020 and disparities appeared to increase.
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