Barriers Affecting Women’s Access to Urban Green Spaces during the COVID-19 Pandemic

During the COVID-19 pandemic, urban green spaces (UGS) have gained relevance as a resilience tool that can sustain or increase well-being and public health in cities. However, several cities Latin America seen decrease their UGS use rates during emergency, particularly among vulnerable groups such women. Using Mexico City case study, this research examines main barriers affecting women’s access to pandemic America. We applied sequential mixed-methods approach which results of survey distributed via social media June 2020 women aged 18 older were used develop semi-structured interviews with 12 October 2020. One year later, November 2021, continuity themes was evaluated through focus same group who participated interviews. Our suggest (1) prohibiting some first months negatively impacted for marginalized neighborhoods; (2) women, concept quality safety are intertwined, including security level surrounding streets; (3) live socially cohesive neighborhoods indicated using greater extent. findings highlight while design interventions affect willingness by improving perceived comfort, they remain insufficient fully achieve equity UGS.