[HTML][HTML] Longitudinal association between urban blue-green space exposure and mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis of exposure types and buffers

X Zhou, K Sho, H Qiu, S Chang, Q Cen - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2024 - Elsevier
Exposure to urban blue-green space 1 (UBGS) affects human health, but how to integrate
long-term exposure to guide the measurement and intervention of UBGS remains unclear …

The economics of nature's healing touch: A systematic review and conceptual framework of green space, pharmaceutical prescriptions, and healthcare expenditure …

MM Patwary, M Bardhan, MHEM Browning… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Green spaces play a crucial role in promoting sustainable and healthy lives. Recent
evidence shows that green space also may reduce the need for healthcare, prescription …

Thinking beyond general greenness: The nuanced associations between a variety of greenspaces and cardiovascular diseases across urbanicity

Y Yang, B Jiang, L Wang, Y Zhou, B Li… - Landscape and Urban …, 2025 - Elsevier
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading causes of death globally. Exposure to
greenspaces has been proposed to be beneficial for CVDs. However, past studies have …

The PAD-US-AR dataset: Measuring accessible and recreational parks in the contiguous United States

MHEM Browning, A Rigolon, S Ogletree, R Wang… - Scientific Data, 2022 - nature.com
Most spatial epidemiological studies of nature-health relationships use generalized
greenspace measures. For instance, coarse-resolution spatial data containing normalized …

Green spaces in highly urbanized tracts tied to lower prevalence of chronic respiratory diseases: A nationwide study across levels of urbanicity

Y Yang, B Jiang - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2023 - Elsevier
Previous studies have found conflicting results between green space and respiratory
diseases, possibly due to the use of generalized green space measures and the diverse …

Spatial association between green space and COPD mortality: a township-level ecological study in Chongqing, China

A Gou, G Tan, X Ding, J Wang, Y Jiao, C Gou… - BMC Pulmonary …, 2023 - Springer
Background There are regional differences in the effect of green space on mortality of
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We conduct an ecological study, using the …

[HTML][HTML] The paradox of high greenness and poor health in rural Central Appalachia

J Dong, MHEM Browning, A Reuben, O McAnirlin… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
While many studies have found positive correlations between greenness and human health,
rural Central Appalachia is an exception. The region has high greenness levels but poor …

[HTML][HTML] A place-based spatial analysis of racial inequities in overdose in St. Louis County Missouri, United States

PL Marotta, BCB Leach, WD Hutson, JM Caplan… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective The objective of this study was to identify place features associated with increased
risk of drug-involved fatalities and generate a composite score measuring risk based on the …

Individual-level and neighborhood-level shifts in mortality patterns among drug poisoning deaths in a high-density Asian city: a territory-wide, case-only analysis

HC Ho, SSC Wong, CW Cheung - International health, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background The shifts in individual-level and neighborhood-level patterns of drug poisoning
deaths in a high-density Asian city over time have been underestimated, although they …

Harnessing the healing power of nature: a review of natural interventions in substance abuse treatment and prevention

F Díaz-Martínez, MF Sánchez-Sauco… - … Health and Preventive …, 2024 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Background: Substance abuse is a global problem that cuts across all sectors of society and
requires innovative solutions that go beyond conventional treatments. Contact with nature …