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Built Environment and Lifestyle in Post-pandemic Era

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 6213

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Dr. Man Yuan

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School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
Interests: healthy city; urban built environment; big data; urban planning
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Dear Colleagues,

From the outbreak in early 2020 through to today in 2022, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on city operations and our lifestyle. In each phase of the pandemic, measures, such as "city closures" or “community closures”, have been effective in stopping the spread of the pandemic, but they have also caused many health problems, such as difficulties in meeting residents' needs for services, reduced time for outdoor activities, severe lack of physical and social activities, and damage to residents' physical and mental health. In the post-pandemic era, people are increasingly inclined to work from home and shop online; their travel activities are significantly reduced and their activity space is compressed, mainly concentrated within their homes and communities. Important shifts in the relationships between individuals, families, communities, and cities have occurred, providing an opportunity to rethink the built environment. Studies may analyze the transformation of residents' lifestyles in the post-pandemic era, analyze the difficulties and pain points that restrict residents' physical and mental health in urban living spaces, and then explore strategies for optimizing the urban built environment in the post-pandemic era.

Dr. Man Yuan
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Keywords

  • healthy cities
  • urban living space
  • resilient cities and communities
  • urban and community governance
  • pandemic prevention and control system
  • spatio-temporal behavior
  • community living circle

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Examining the Nonlinear Effects of Residential and Workplace-built Environments on Active Travel in Short-Distance: A Random Forest Approach
by Liang Guo, Shuo Yang, Yuqing Peng and Man Yuan
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(3), 1969; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20031969 - 20 Jan 2023
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Environmental pollution and health problems caused by the excessive use of motor vehicles have received widespread attention from all over the world. Currently, research lacks attention to the nonlinear effects of the built environment on short-distance active travel choices. It is important to [...] Read more.
Environmental pollution and health problems caused by the excessive use of motor vehicles have received widespread attention from all over the world. Currently, research lacks attention to the nonlinear effects of the built environment on short-distance active travel choices. It is important to understand these non-linear correlations, because it would be more feasible and necessary to promote a shift from car users to walking and cycling mode choices over short commuting distances. A random forest model was used to analyze the nonlinear effects of residents’ social characteristics and the built environment of their homes and workplaces on their choice of walking and cycling. The results show that the built environment has a greater impact on short-distance active travel than the socio-demographics attributes. Residential and workplace-built environments have equal importance and they have significant non-linear effects on both short-distance walking and cycling. The nonlinear effects of the built environment on walking and cycling differed significantly, and the study specifically revealed these effects. Full article
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Examining the Nonlinear and Synergistic Effects of Multidimensional Elements on Commuting Carbon Emissions: A Case Study in Wuhan, China
by Liang Guo, Shuo Yang, Qinghao Zhang, Leyu Zhou and Hui He
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(2), 1616; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20021616 - 16 Jan 2023
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Understanding the specific effects of multidimensional elements of a built environment, transportation management policies, and the socio-demographics of travelers associated with commuting carbon emissions is significant for planners in promoting low-carbon and healthy urban development through transportation and land use and urban management [...] Read more.
Understanding the specific effects of multidimensional elements of a built environment, transportation management policies, and the socio-demographics of travelers associated with commuting carbon emissions is significant for planners in promoting low-carbon and healthy urban development through transportation and land use and urban management policies. Most of the existing studies focus on the complex mechanisms affecting commuting behavior, but the relevant elements and specific mechanisms affecting commuting carbon emissions have not received sufficient attention. This study uses a random forest approach to analyze residential travel data from Wuhan, China. The results show that built environment and transportation demand management policies are critical to commuting carbon emissions, and that there is a non-linear association between multidimensional factors and commuting carbon emissions in Chinese cities. In addition, the study examines the synergistic effects of built environment and transportation management policies on commuting carbon emissions among different built environment elements. The results of the study provide valuable insights for planners in formulating low-carbon city and transportation development policies. Full article
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Promoting the Sustainable Recovery of Hospitality in the Post-Pandemic Era: A Comparative Study to Optimize the Servicescapes
by Maria M. Serrano-Baena, Rafael E. Hidalgo Fernández, Carlos Ruiz-Díaz and Paula Triviño-Tarradas
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(2), 1100; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20021100 - 8 Jan 2023
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As COVID-19 spread throughout the world, the hospitality and tourism sectors were hard hit as no other industry. For this reason, the UNWTO developed the One Planet Vision as a response to a sustainable recovery of the tourism sector. At present, when people [...] Read more.
As COVID-19 spread throughout the world, the hospitality and tourism sectors were hard hit as no other industry. For this reason, the UNWTO developed the One Planet Vision as a response to a sustainable recovery of the tourism sector. At present, when people are starting to travel and stay at hotels again, it is important to analyze what their expectations are of hotels to move forward in the post-pandemic era. For instance, empirical research has been developed to examine people’s sentiments toward servicescapes, and a comparative study is presented between 2020 and 2022. Findings contribute to the research by identifying new servicescape attributes during a health crisis. These also lead to practical implications by proposing a scale to evaluate customers’ perceptions and to increase their wellbeing and resilience. The current research is one of the first studies to collaborate with the One Planet Vision by empirically proposing improvements in the servicescapes of hotels for a responsible recovery. Full article
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