COVID-19 and the Environment in Canada

A Narrative Synthesis of Environmental, Behavioural, and Economics Literature

verfasst von

José Jerico Fiestas Flores, Wiktor Adamowicz, Patrick Lloyd-Smith

Abstract

This short paper explores economic studies that analyze how covid-19 affected the environment in Canada. We conducted a literature search and found thirty-six studies that use economic and quantitative methods to assess the effects of covid-19 on air quality, water quality, climate change, biodiversity, and other environmental dimensions. We classified these studies into four groups depending on the effects they explore: i) Effects on environmental quality, ii) effects on waste generation, iii) effects on consumption and iv) effects on housing markets. The first group focuses on changes in air, land, or water quality caused by the lockdowns, while the second group analyzes the waste created by household and different sectors. The third group examines the changes in goods and services consumption, including changes in recreation activities. The last group explores the changes in housing markets produced by
changes in the valuation of environmental attributes (e.g. landscape, green areas) during the pandemic.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Umweltverhalten und Planung

Externe Organisation(en)

University of Alberta
University of Saskatchewan

Typ

Beitrag in Buch/Sammelwerk

Seiten

256-284

Anzahl der Seiten

28

Publikationsdatum

22.12.2025

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 12 – Verantwortungsvoller Konsum und Produktion, SDG 13 – Klimaschutzmaßnahmen, SDG 15 – Lebensraum Land