Participatory approaches to enact meaningful interconnectedness with the natural environment: a case study in Singapore

DM Benjumea, Y Kato, KH Chong - Cities & health, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Over the last decades, Singapore has reintroduced biodiverse green spaces in the city with
the aim of enhancing the wellbeing of residents through nature connection. Despite the …

Understanding Human–Nature connections through landscape socialization

LP Peng - International journal of environmental research and …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Understanding the landscape socialization underpinning the human–nature relationship is
essential because it can contribute to assisting us to reconnect with nature. Reconnecting to …

Tolerant greenspaces: Designing urban nature-based solutions that foster social ties and support mental health among young adults

S Barron, EJ Rugel - Environmental Science & Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
The voices of young adults (15− 24) ring faintly in the conversation around nature-based
solutions (NBS), an absence that results in a lack of both procedural and distributive justice …

The good things in urban nature: A thematic framework for optimising urban planning for nature connectedness

K McEwan, FJ Ferguson, M Richardson… - Landscape and Urban …, 2020 - Elsevier
Green interventions which connect people with nature to improve wellbeing are increasingly
being applied to tackle the current crisis in mental health. A novel Smartphone app …

Multiple landscape-management and social-policy approaches are essential to mitigate the extinction of experience

M Soga, M Akasaka - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2019 - Elsevier
As the world becomes more urbanised, people are becoming progressively disconnected
from nature. This large-scale disengagement of humans from nature, or “extinction of …

Promoting Mental Health Through Engagement With Urban Nature: A Successful Pilot Test of The “Liga-te à Terra!” Intervention

S Morgado, B Silveira, M Lima, K Silva - Ecopsychology, 2024 - liebertpub.com
It is increasingly acknowledged that promoting exposure to, and engagement with, nature
can help support mental health and foster pronature behaviors. The potential of everyday …

[HTML][HTML] Digital placemaking, health & wellbeing and nature-based solutions: A systematic review and practice model

MJF de Osso Fuentes, BJ Keegan, MV Jones… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2023 - Elsevier
Technology implementations in the urban environment have the potential to reshape how
communities experience places, specifically providing a potential enhancer for nature-based …

Reprint of “Community, cooperation and conflict: Negotiating the social well-being benefits of urban greenspace experiences”

E Dinnie, KM Brown, S Morris - Landscape and urban planning, 2013 - Elsevier
The positive benefits of urban greenspaces for human health and well-being are widely
recognised. While much intellectual effort has gone into identifying and cataloguing the …

Taking “social relations” as a cultural ecosystem service: A triangulation approach

C Xin, L Luyuan, U Pieter - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2020 - Elsevier
A well-designed urban green space encourages outdoor activity and social interactions, and
can thereby potentially contribute to the health of urban dwellers and social harmony …

Assessing deeper levels of participation in nature-based solutions in urban landscapes–A literature review of real-world cases

N Puskás, Y Abunnasr, S Naalbandian - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2021 - Elsevier
It is evident that climate change and unanticipated natural events pose new challenges for
humanity and the environment. Already over half of the global population resides in cities …