There is growing interest in the ways natural environments influence the development and
progression of long-term health conditions. Vegetation and water bodies, also known as …

Background and aims: The notion that environment affects mental health has a long history;
in this systematic review, we aimed to study whether the living environment is related to …

There is a degree of ambiguity about the specific factors of the built environment that impact
people's mental health. This paper aims to examine the relations between an individual's …

Purpose Exposure to nature, particularly vegetation (greenness), may be beneficial for
mental health. We investigated whether higher surrounding greenness in early life was …

Methods: From January to March 2017, we searched 13 databases to identify peer-reviewed
quantitative studies from all years that estimated associations between the …

Introduction Urban environments are associated with a higher risk of adverse mental health
outcomes; however, it is unclear which specific components of the urban environment drive …

Ageing outcomes are shaped by not only health conditions, but also their interactions with
the external environment. While the effects of some specific neighbourhood characteristics …

Although rapid urbanization and associated rural-to-urban migration has brought in
enormous economic benefits in Chinese cities, one of the negative externalities include …

Background: Neighborhood attributes are increasingly recognized as factors shaping mental
health in adults. Geographic information systems (GIS) offer an innovative approach for …

In this chapter, we review the evidence for rural-urban and spatial variation of three major
sets of mental health disorders: schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders, common …