Ecosystem services and well-being dimensions related to urban green spaces–A systematic review

LV Pinto, M Inácio, CSS Ferreira, AD Ferreira… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban green spaces (UGS) supply several ecosystem services (ES) key to human
wellbeing. In this article, we conducted a systematic review focused on identifying UGS's ES …

The socio-cultural benefits of urban agriculture: a review of the literature

RT Ilieva, N Cohen, M Israel, K Specht, R Fox-Kämper… - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Despite extensive literature on the socio-cultural services of urban open spaces, the role of
food-producing spaces has not received sufficient attention. This hampers advocacy for …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the impacts of urban expansion on green spaces availability and delivery of ecosystem services in the Accra metropolis

DA Puplampu, YA Boafo - Environmental Challenges, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract As Accra, Ghana's capital city, expands at an unprecedented rate, the fragmentation
and loss of natural and semi-natural ecosystems may be the greatest challenge to achieving …

COVID-19, the built environment, and health

H Frumkin - Environmental health perspectives, 2021 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Since the dawn of cities, the built environment has both affected infectious
disease transmission and evolved in response to infectious diseases. COVID-19 illustrates …

[HTML][HTML] Wildness and habitat quality drive spatial patterns of urban biodiversity

C Aznarez, JC Svenning, G Taveira, F Baró… - Landscape and Urban …, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban green and blue spaces (UGBS) are key for biodiversity conservation. Many studies
focus on UGBS benefits for well-being, but how UGBS ecological and quality influence …

Nature connection, pro-environmental behaviours and wellbeing: understanding the mediating role of nature contact

Y Liu, A Cleary, KS Fielding, Z Murray… - Landscape and Urban …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nature connection is positively associated with wellbeing and pro-environmental
behaviours. However, the mediators of these relationships remain under-explored. This …

Using an improved 3SFCA method to assess inequities associated with multimodal accessibility to green spaces based on mismatches between supply and demand …

H Liang, Q Yan, Y Yan, Q Zhang - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
The problem that limited green spaces do not meet the increasingly demands of people
living in urbanized areas is a global concerning. This study employed an improved 3SFCA …

Urban green space and subjective well-being of older people: a systematic literature review

T Xu, NA Nordin, AM Aini - … journal of environmental research and public …, 2022 - mdpi.com
A growing number of articles have identified and reported the benefits and importance of
urban green spaces for improving human well-being, but there is a significant knowledge …

Emotional perceptions of people exposed to green and blue spaces in forest parks of cities at rapid urbanization regions of East China

H Wei, RJ Hauer, Y Sun, L Meng, P Guo - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2022 - Elsevier
Urbanization modifies the landscape with green and blue spaces (GBS), which further leads
to a functional change along an urban-rural gradient. Emotional improvement is a critical …

[HTML][HTML] Factors that enhance or hinder social cohesion in urban greenspaces: A literature review

M Clarke, S Cadaval, C Wallace, E Anderson… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban greenspaces--including city parks, forests, and gardens--can provide many benefits
that impact human wellbeing. One such aspect of wellbeing is social cohesion, which is …