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SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND SOCIETY
Volume 74, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2021.103182
Keywords
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic; Internet; Travel behavior; Teleactivities; Emerging mobility; Information and communications technology (ICT)
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- European Union (European Social Fund-ESF) through the Operational Programme Human Resources Development, Education and Lifelong Learning [MIS-5033021]
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The study shows that during the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance and frequency of remote work, remote meetings, online learning, telehealth, and online shopping significantly increased. This resulted in more people engaging in these activities daily.
This study provides new evidence on changes in a range of online activities due to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Online activities replaced physical participation in activities and contributed to changes in urban mobility during the pandemic. Using data from a nationwide survey in Greece, the paper examines changes in the importance and the frequency of engaging in online activities before and during COVID-19. Findings show that both the importance and the frequency of engaging in telework, teleconferencing, online learning (e-learning), telehealth, and online shopping (e-shopping) significantly increased during COVID-19 compared to pre-COVID-19. Substantial increases in importance were reported for telework (31% increase), teleconferencing (34% increase), online learning (34% increase), and telehealth (21% increase). Those who, on a daily basis, teleworked, teleconferenced, and made video calls with family or friends quadrupled during COVID19, while daily online learners increased seven-fold. Telehealth and online shopping also increased but more modestly. Urban mobility in the post-COVID-19 era is likely to depend on the degree of prevalence and acceptance of these remote online activities, together with a set of complex and interconnected factors related to urban form, the spatial planning and decision-making system, and social awareness about the future of cities.
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