Özet:

The arrangements taken to combat the COVID-19 pandemic not only cause limitations on children’s open space interaction but also increase the lack of physical activity in children, which is already a major public health problem. While it is argued that open space restrictions cause a lack of physical activity in the current situation, it should be taken into account that the health safety perception on the neighborhood or urban areas in the future may also be effective in the physical activity place preferences of children. This study aimed to determine the changes in the places where children do physical activity before and after the pandemic period and to determine whether a pandemic-based health safety perception on the neighborhood is formed through these changes. In this study, an online survey was conducted with 1559 parents with children who were educated in 27 public primary schools in Karşıyaka province during the pandemic period. Results clued in the changes in physical activity place compared to before pandemic, and these changes develop a health safety perception over the cleanliness criteria of the physical activity places. This study will contribute important data to urban design literature on the relation between COVID-19 and urban space use.

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