Explorative Study on Urban Public Space Renovation during COVID-19: Test of a Visual Web-Based Survey about the City of Saint German en Laye, France

Background: The complex socio-epidemiological situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic forced cities to rapidly adapt new prevention distancing measures. Several interventions have been made but specific tools are needed verify suitability of such design proposals. This study aims describe process development and testing a visual web-based survey assess potential user feedback on Urban Public Space renovation for city Saint Germain-En-Laye (SGL), France during pandemic. included pedestrianization strategies center installation street furniture. Method: After an exploration literature stakeholder interaction, online composed three sections seven questions evaluating project was developed validate solution before its actual compare pre- post-situation trough insights 5-point Likert scale. Data collected through Google Form analyzed with descriptive statistics. Results: We received 371 full replies from Italian French respondents. results showed that proposal improved baseline different reasons, as safety, sustainability, accessibility. In fact, Solution A (the existing situation) obtained average score 2.08 while B solution) 4.13. Conclusions: features identified allowed timely comparisons possible insights, approach can be implemented in other medium-sized European dealing transformation COVID-19.