The Effect of Urban Green Spaces on Mental Health of Citizens in Post-Corona Era

Urban green spaces are one of the most important urban spaces that leave a significant impact on the livability of cities. During the Corona epidemic, due to the weakness in the resilience of urban green spaces, the possibility of visiting these places for citizens was limited. In this regard, urban green spaces play an important role in the post-corona era, for this reason, in this research, the impact of these places on the mental health of citizens in the post-corona era was investigated. In order to conduct this study, library resources and questionnaires were used, 12 questions out of 12 mental health indicators were proposed, and 207 questionnaires were completely collected through simple random sampling. To check the available data through the mean of points in such a way that 4, 3, 0, 2, 1 points are assigned to the options available in the research (I completely agree, I agree, I have no opinion, I disagree, I completely disagree) and with Performing the relevant calculations, the average score of each index was obtained and compared with the average score and the necessary results were determined. The findings showed that urban green spaces had the greatest effect on reducing anxiety and the least effect on increasing productive study. In general, it can be said that urban green spaces have a positive effect on the mental health of citizens, and proper planning should be done to expand these places at the level of cities.