Humans have lived from equator to poles for millennia but are now increasingly intruding
into the wild spaces of other species and steadily extruding ourselves from our own wild …

Urban green spaces are associated with many health outcomes, but the mechanisms
underlying these links remain unclear. One explanation is that biodiverse microbiomes in …

Natural environments, including green spaces, have been associated with improved mental
and physical health and wellbeing and are increasingly recognized as a mitigation measure …

Currently half the world population lives in cities, and this proportion is expected to increase
rapidly to 70% over the next years. Over the years, we have created large, mostly grey cities …

The shortest summary of this thesis is in its title “Vitamin G”, where the G stands for the green
space around us and Vitamin stands for the possible positive relationship between green …

In all of the health outcomes, the studies that did not find a statistically significant relationship
between green space and health had a lower quality than the ones that found a significant …

Research into the potential health and well-being benefits from exposure to green spaces
such as parks and woodlands has led to the development of several frameworks linking the …

Background A growing number of quantitative studies have investigated the potential
benefits of outdoor blue spaces (lakes, rivers, sea, etc) and human health, but there is not …

Numerous scientific studies, applying different approaches, have provided evidence of the
links between the environment and people's health. Green spaces have been the subject of …

Mounting evidence supports the connections between exposure to environmental typologies–
–such as green spaces––and human health. However, the mechanistic links that connect …