Community assets in the context of COVID-19: Changes in valuation and contributions to place attachment and subjective wellbeing

Savannah Stuart, Ryan Plummer, Gillian Dale and Garrett Hutson

Community Development, 2025, vol. 56, issue 3, 335-352

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted patterns of daily life and use of community spaces. This study was completed in a municipality in the Greater Niagara Region, Ontario, to explore people-place relationships after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. A greater proportion of individuals perceived the way in which they value community assets had changed since the onset of the pandemic. This was supported by pre- and post-pandemic data, which found that indoor community assets were valued less in 2021 than they were in 2019, whereas outdoor community assets were valued comparably. Two categories of community assets were found to contribute most to both place attachment and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic: Waterfront/beaches and recreational trails/pathways. These findings emphasize the integral role of outdoor community assets in community member’s place attachment and subjective wellbeing, which could guide future investment and community development in the municipality.

Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1080/15575330.2024.2379857

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