Covid-19 has focused attention on the importance of urban green and blue spaces (such as parks and watercourses) for human wellbeing. Less attention has been devoted to how those spaces might contribute to a wider rethinking of relations between humans and the more-than-human world in post-pandemic cities. This article outlines how Covid-19 opens up a broader debate about the future of urban green spaces, especially in the global North, but highlights the limitations of this debate. It signposts emerging directions in inquiry, drawing on current concerns in health geographies and the political ecology of health. These include recognition of the agency and worth of the more-than-human world; the need to understand and value wellbeing in terms of relationships between places, nature and people; and the importance of long-term thinking in practical decision-making and planning. These shifts can be grounded in everyday practice by rethinking the role of urban blue-green space, pointing to a research agenda in which ordinary spaces and practices are understood as contributing to assemblages of wellbeing across whole urban areas, rooted in increased connection between humans and the more-than-human world.

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大流行后城市的福祉和蓝绿空间：驱动因素、辩论和离开

Covid-19 已将注意力集中在城市绿色和蓝色空间（例如公园和水道）对人类福祉的重要性上。较少关注这些空间如何有助于更广泛地重新思考大流行后城市中人类与超人类世界之间的关系。本文概述了 Covid-19 如何开启关于城市绿色空间未来的更广泛辩论，尤其是在全球北部，但强调了这场辩论的局限性。它指出了新的研究方向，借鉴了当前对健康地理学和健康政治生态的关注。这些包括对机构的认可和对超人类世界的价值；需要理解和重视地方、自然和人之间关系的福祉；以及长期思考在实际决策和规划中的重要性。通过重新思考城市蓝绿空间的作用，这些转变可以植根于日常实践中，指出一个研究议程，在该议程中，普通空间和实践被理解为有助于整个城市地区的福祉组合，植根于人与人之间增加的联系。超越人类的世界。