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ArticleWho visited urban forests and trails more or less during the COVID-19 pandemic and why? A case study in Salt Lake City, UT, USA
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.While the COVID-19 pandemic caused a decrease in travel and social activities, there was an exception—travel to parks and trails. Urban residents needed refuge to relax, exercise, and socialize. Nevertheless, trips to parks and trails vary by socio-demographic characteristics, disadvantageous to those having health issues or low-income. Without appropriate community design and planning interventions, such conditions may worsen existing environmental injustice and health issues. This study explores the demographic profile of those who used urban parks and trails more or less during the COVID-19 pandemic in Salt Lake City, UT, USA. Data comes from an online and intercept survey with 4,325 responses and focus groups with 52 participants. Quantitative analyses show that park and trail use during the pandemic decreased among older adults, females, homeowners, and low- income households. Also, people living in a denser, more walkable, and more park/trail accessible neighborhood likely increased their visitations.Our qualitative analysis further examines how residents feel about their use of parks and trails during the pandemic and how they would improve them in the future. Respondents in disadvantaged neighborhoods felt safe visiting parks, highlighting the value of urban nature as a resilience infrastructure and community asset during a crisis. This study presents transformative ideas to engage communities and promote stewardship, which are relevant to cities looking into the New Normal. Keywords: green space; equity; health; SARS-CoV-2; urban forest; urban planning ID: 3614623 -
DocumentSystem and characteristics of forest trail in South Korea
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.As an improvement in the national income and leisure time drives more people to visit the forest trail for the purpose of recreation. One of the representative characteristics of establishment of forest trail in South Korea is that it focuses on the Baekdudaegan, which is the ridgelines of Korean Peninsula and ranges from Mt. Baekdu to Mt. Jiri, and Jeongmaek which is the continuous ridgelines of Baekdudaegan over 100km. The Sangyeongpyo, which is a traditional classification system of Korean Peninsula, demonstrates the concepts of Baekdudaegan in Korean Peninsula and Jeongmaek. However, only South Korea section of Baekdudaegan is available to walk on due to the situation of Korean Peninsula despite that it ranges between the entire Korean Peninsula. The total length of forest trail placed on the South Korea section of Baekdudaegan and the 9 sections of Jeongmaek is 701 km and 2,154 km, respectively. ‘Forest cultural recreation Act’ defines the Korean forest trail as a walkway established on the forest for the activities such as hiking, tracking, leisure sports, visit or recreation, healing. In the past, the most of Korean forest trail provided the basic vertical hiking culture based on Baekdudaegan mountain system. However, as the increase in recreational activities and needs for different activities in forest trail raised recently, the use type of forest trail has ranged from enjoying the surrounding area of mountain to leisure sports, healing and enjoying the scenery. Based on the change in the use type of forest trail, in 2011, the Act specified the concepts of forest trail into 6 types such as trails for hiking, tracking, forest leisure sports, visit or recreation, healing. 10 thousand forest trails in total are currently established in Korea and their length sum up to 40 thousand km. 93.5% of these trails are for hiking and they occupy 81.8% of the total length of all forest trail in South Korea. Keywords: Human health and well-being ID: 3484927 -
ArticleForest dependence for meeting household energy demands in Sharavathi Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnataka, India: Constraints and prospects
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.A majority of rural population globally depends on local biomass, especially firewood from forests for household energy requirements with long term implications on forest ecosystem sustainability. We studied villages within Sharavathi Wildlife Sanctuary, located in the biodiversity rich Western Ghats of Karnataka, India, to understand communities’ dependence on forests for their domestic energy demands. A total of 206 households were interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire to assess stakeholders’ perspectives on domestic energy demands, variation between different categories of stakeholders in the use of firewood from forests and their choice of firewood species. Energy demand was found to be mainly for cooking, bathing, livestock feed processing and seasonal arecanut (Areca catechu L) processing. About 102 firewood species were recorded; out of which 93% were frequently used. The paper further discusses the scope for cost-effective technological improvements in energy generation and points to the need for local level regulation strategies for mitigating exploitative consumption of common forest resources by powerful stakeholders. KEYWORDS: firewood, firewood-stack, eco-development, restoration, stakeholders. ID: 3484661
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