Value of urban green spaces in promoting healthy living and wellbeing: prospects for planning

ACK Lee, HC Jordan, J Horsley - Risk management and healthcare …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
There has been considerable work done in recent years exploring the value of urban green
space for health and wellbeing. Urban green spaces provide environmental benefits through …

Immersive nature-experiences as health promotion interventions for healthy, vulnerable, and sick populations? A systematic review and appraisal of controlled studies

L Mygind, E Kjeldsted, RD Hartmeyer… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
In this systematic review, we summarized and evaluated the evidence for effects of, and
associations between, immersive nature-experience on mental, physical, and social health …

Beyond knowing nature: Contact, emotion, compassion, meaning, and beauty are pathways to nature connection

R Lumber, M Richardson, D Sheffield - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Feeling connected to nature has been shown to be beneficial to wellbeing and pro-
environmental behaviour. General nature contact and knowledge based activities are often …

The effects of contact with nature during outdoor environmental education on students' wellbeing, connectedness to nature and pro-sociality

S Pirchio, Y Passiatore, A Panno, M Cipparone… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Experiences of contact with nature in school education might be beneficial for promoting
ecological lifestyles and the wellbeing of children, families, and teachers. Many theories and …

Greenspace in urban neighbourhoods and residents' health: adding quality to quantity

SME Van Dillen, S de Vries… - J Epidemiol …, 2012 - jech.bmj.com
Background Previous research shows a positive link between the amount of green area in
one's residential neighbourhood and self-reported health. However, little research has been …

Avoidance mediates the relationship between anxiety and depression over a decade later

NC Jacobson, MG Newman - Journal of anxiety disorders, 2014 - Elsevier
Anxiety and depression are often highly correlated with each other. To explain this
connection, the present study examined the longitudinal relationship between earlier anxiety …

Green space and mortality following ischemic stroke

EH Wilker, CD Wu, E McNeely, E Mostofsky… - Environmental …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Residential proximity to green space has been associated with physical and
mental health benefits, but whether green space is associated with post-stroke survival has …

How pleasant sounds promote and annoying sounds impede health: A cognitive approach

TC Andringa, JJL Lanser - … journal of environmental research and public …, 2013 - mdpi.com
This theoretical paper addresses the cognitive functions via which quiet and in general
pleasurable sounds promote and annoying sounds impede health. The article comprises a …

A different way to stay in touch with 'urban nature': the perceived restorative qualities of botanical gardens

G Carrus, M Scopelliti, A Panno, R Lafortezza… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Botanical gardens represent interesting arenas for research in environmental psychology
and environment-behavior relations. They can be considered a very particular type of …

Relationships between personal and collective place identity and well-being in mountain communities

I Knez, I Eliasson - Frontiers in Psychology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The aim was to investigate the relationships between landscape-related personal and
collective identity and well-being of residents living in a Swedish mountain county (N= 850) …