People‑environment relations following COVID‑19 pandemic lifestyle restrictions: a multinational, explorative analysis of intended biophilic design changes

Kalterina Shulla, Bernd-Friedrich Voigt, Salim Lardjane, Kerstin Fischer, Piotr Kedzierki, Giuseppe Scandone, Thomas Süße

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Abstract

The study analyzes the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions for the human–environment relations through the lenses of biophilic design. The mixed-method quantitative and qualitative explanatory research combines
contextual and personal variables, such as, among others, country, age group, gender, overcrowding, time spent outside, access to nature/food and the exposure to biophilic elements, during and after the lockdown. The results indicate that psychological pressure on individuals caused by pandemic restrictions imposed early 2020, triggered changes in human-environmental relation. More precisely, our comparative analysis of six European countries (Italy, Germany, Poland, Spain, Denmark and Sweden) indicates that people-environment relations do not depend on the objective severity of country-wise restrictions, but rather on the individual perceptions of these restrictions. The results complement the lack of the research for the role of biophilic design in understanding and enhancing human–environment relations during the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and thereafter.
Original languageEnglish
Article number229
JournalDiscover Sustainability
Volume5
Issue number1
Number of pages22
ISSN2662-9984
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2024

Keywords

  • Biophilic design
  • COVID-19 pandemic
  • Environmental psychology
  • People-environment relation

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