COVID-19 stay-at-home orders impacted the way humans interacted with the built and natural environments. within Western context, several research articles have been conducted on the human use of green space during the pandemic. The most significant findings of the such research indicated that there were increasing use of home gardens and urban green spaces, and decreased visitation to conservation areas. We explored changes in residents’ outdoor nature-associated activities during the pandemic in the West Bank—Palestine. We used a web-based survey to ask residents about several types of activities that take place in home gardens, urban parks, and natural areas. We found differences in respondent’s participation in activities both between green space types and between activity types. Participation in activities that took place in home gardens increased but decreased in urban parks and natural areas. More importantly, interactive activities, including cultivation, increased for all areas. The differences we observed in activity participation across green space types highlights the importance of looking across different types of natural spaces and different activities in the same setting, as well as examining non-Western settings.

Conference Title

Thirteenth Palestinian Conference for Environmental Awareness environment in times of crises and disasters

Conference Country

Palestine

Conference Date

Jan. 1, 2025 - Jan. 1, 2025

Conference Sponsor

The Environmental Education Center: https://www.eecp.org/