Open AccessThe Potential of Urban Peripheries to Manage the Stress Due to the COVID-19
Author(s) -
Mario Fernández Arce,
Jonnathan Reyes Cháves,
Huberth Vargas Picado Picado
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
european journal of humanities and social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2736-5522
DOI - 10.24018/ejsocial.2021.1.3.23
Subject(s) - recreation , covid-19 , pandemic , space (punctuation) , isolation (microbiology) , geography , urban space , disease , environmental planning , economic geography , outbreak , medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , virology , biology , computer science , ecology , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , operating system
This article focuses on the influence of the urban periphery in human health, particularly, in the management of the COVID-19 disease, which is generated by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The periphery of cities can serve as an open space that allows people to get out of confinement and practice healthy activities, without risk of contagion. Therefore, routes of urban periphery can be visited by walkers and cyclists currently during pandemic. This publication emphasizes the potential of the Santo Domingo´s periphery (which also applies to the cities of San Pablo, San Rafael and San Isidro) as a space for rest, fun, recreation and, fundamentally, as a space that helps managing any disease that requires isolation and confinement. Routes of the studied area were chosen to observe the spatial transformations and recreational activities along them. Those routes are used for physical activity and recreation by both walkers and cyclists.