Exploring pathways linking greenspace to health: Theoretical and methodological guidance

I Markevych, J Schoierer, T Hartig, A Chudnovsky… - Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background In a rapidly urbanizing world, many people have little contact with natural
environments, which may affect health and well-being. Existing reviews generally conclude …

Links between green space and public health: a bibliometric review of global research trends and future prospects from 1901 to 2019

J Zhang, Z Yu, B Zhao, R Sun… - Environmental research …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Considerable specific cross-sectional and review studies have linked exposure to green
spaces to improving public health, but there is no bibliometric review attempting to …

Parks and safety: A comparative study of green space access and inequity in five US cities

TG Williams, TM Logan, CT Zuo, KD Liberman… - Landscape and urban …, 2020 - Elsevier
Safety is an important dimension of access to green space. When parks are perceived as
unsafe, people are unlikely to derive the health and community benefits from them. In this …

The impact of green space on violent crime in urban environments: an evidence synthesis

M Shepley, N Sachs, H Sadatsafavi, C Fournier… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Can the presence of green space in urban environments reduce the frequency of violent
crime? To ascertain the evidence on this topic, we conducted an in-depth literature review …

[HTML][HTML] Is green space associated with reduced crime? A national-scale study from the Global South

ZS Venter, C Shackleton, A Faull, L Lancaster… - Science of the total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Assumptions about the link between green space and crime mitigation are informed by
literature that overwhelmingly originates in the Global North. Little is known about the …

Measuring the built environment with Google Street View and machine learning: Consequences for crime on street segments

JR Hipp, S Lee, D Ki, JH Kim - Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 2021 - Springer
Objectives Despite theoretical interest in how dimensions of the built environment can help
explain the location of crime in micro− geographic units, measuring this is difficult. Methods …

[HTML][HTML] Not a level playing field: A qualitative study exploring structural, community and individual determinants of greenspace use amongst low-income multi-ethnic …

A Cronin-de-Chavez, S Islam, RRC McEachan - Health & place, 2019 - Elsevier
Greenspace is important for physical and mental health. Low-income, multi-ethnic
populations in deprived urban areas experience several barriers to using greenspace. This …

[HTML][HTML] Urban greenspace linked to lower crime risk across 301 major US cities

SS Ogletree, LR Larson, RB Powell, DL White… - Cities, 2022 - Elsevier
Greenspace enhances quality of life for urban residents in many ways, but it may also
produce unexpected and undesired consequences. For example, a growing literature is …

[HTML][HTML] Preferred reporting items in green space health research. Guiding principles for an interdisciplinary field.

M Cardinali, MA Beenackers, A van Timmeren… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The relationship between green spaces and health is attracting more and more societal and
research interest. The research field is however still suffering from its differing …

Which environmental features contribute to positive and negative perceptions of urban parks? A cross-cultural comparison using online reviews and Natural …

S Huai, T Van de Voorde - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2022 - Elsevier
Assessing the perceptions of urban parks and understanding the relationships between
environmental features and park perceptions are critical to the design and management of …