What are the benefits of interacting with nature?

LE Keniger, KJ Gaston, KN Irvine, RA Fuller - International journal of …, 2013 - mdpi.com
There is mounting empirical evidence that interacting with nature delivers measurable
benefits to people. Reviews of this topic have generally focused on a specific type of benefit …

Planning for the future of urban biodiversity: a global review of city-scale initiatives

CH Nilon, MFJ Aronson, SS Cilliers, C Dobbs… - …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Cities represent considerable opportunities for forwarding global biodiversity and
sustainability goals. We developed key attributes for conserving biodiversity and for …

Biodiversity and the feel-good factor: understanding associations between self-reported human well-being and species richness

M Dallimer, KN Irvine, AMJ Skinner, ZG Davies… - …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Over half of the world's human population lives in cities, and for many, urban greenspaces
are the only places where they encounter biodiversity. This is of particular concern because …

[HTML][HTML] Subjective well-being indicators for large-scale assessment of cultural ecosystem services

R Bryce, KN Irvine, A Church, R Fish, S Ranger… - Ecosystem Services, 2016 - Elsevier
The substantial importance of cultural benefits as a source of human well-being is
increasingly recognised in society-environment interactions. The integration of cultural …

Urban bird feeding: Connecting people with nature

DTC Cox, KJ Gaston - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
At a time of unprecedented biodiversity loss, researchers are increasingly recognizing the
broad range of benefits provided to humankind by nature. However, as people live more …

Understanding urban green space as a health resource: A qualitative comparison of visit motivation and derived effects among park users in Sheffield, UK

KN Irvine, SL Warber, P Devine-Wright… - International journal of …, 2013 - mdpi.com
With increasing interest in the use of urban green space to promote human health, there is a
need to understand the extent to which park users conceptualize these places as a resource …

Is biodiversity attractive?—On-site perception of recreational and biodiversity values in urban green space

L Qiu, S Lindberg, AB Nielsen - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2013 - Elsevier
This study investigated whether preferences and biodiversity are compatible in an urban
green space setting and whether people actually recognise and appreciate ecologically rich …

Urbanization and green space dynamics in Greater Dhaka, Bangladesh

T Byomkesh, N Nakagoshi, AM Dewan - Landscape and Ecological …, 2012 - Springer
Green space is particularly indispensable for proper functioning of the ecosystem in an
urban environment. This study was an attempt to dynamically map and monitor green …

The benefits of natural environments for physical activity

DF Shanahan, L Franco, BB Lin, KJ Gaston, RA Fuller - Sports medicine, 2016 - Springer
Urbanisation has a profound effect on both people and the environment, as levels of
physical activity decline and many natural ecosystems become lost or degraded. Here we …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of information, value-deliberation and group-based decision-making on values for ecosystem services: Integrating deliberative monetary valuation …

JO Kenter, N Jobstvogt, V Watson, KN Irvine… - Ecosystem Services, 2016 - Elsevier
Monetary valuation quantifies exchange values, but broader approaches are needed to
understand the meaning of those monetary values and the shared, plural and cultural values …