Lennon, MickMickLennon2021-08-202021-08-202020 Taylo2021Cities & Health2374-8834http://hdl.handle.net/10197/12440The paper traces the emergence of urban public green space as an issue of concern for planning. This is used as a platform to discuss the emergence of the compact city idea and how this conceives the design and use of such spaces. The paper then identifies a series of issues that need to be prioritised in future research for the planning of urban green space in the ‘new normal’ of social distancing consequent on COVID-19. Issues requiring attention and a series of outline examples of potential solutions are grouped beneath four categories: form & features, distribution, connectivity and resilience.enThis is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Cities & Health on 2021, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/23748834.2020.1778843.Green spaceUrban densityPlanningSocial distancingCOVID-19CoronavirusJournal Article5S1S212S21510.1080/23748834.2020.17788432020-07-27https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ie/