Exposure to greenspace in urban environments is associated with a range of improved
health and well-being outcomes. There is a need to understand which aspects of …

Cross-sectional research linking exposure to greenspace with human health rarely
describes greenspace characteristics in detail, but a few studies do find that some types of …

Urban greenspace can improve the health of local residents by facilitating physical activity,
psychological restoration, and social contacts, as well as through amelioration of the …

OBJECTIVES: Local availability of green space has been associated with a wide range of
health benefits. Possible causative mechanisms underpinning the green space and health …

Natural environments, or 'green spaces', have been associated with a wide range of health
benefits. Gender differences in neighbourhood effects on health have been found in a …

Background Epidemiological studies on green space and health have relied almost
exclusively on cross-sectional designs, restricting understanding on how this relationship …

A growing body of evidence investigates whether access to greenspace, such as parks and
woodland, is beneficial to well-being. Potential health benefits of greenspace exposure …

Background With urbanisation increasing, it is important to understand how to design
changing environments to promote mental wellbeing. Evidence suggests that local-area …

Objectives: To determine the association between the percentage of greenspace in an area
and the standardised rate of self-reported “not good” health, and to explore whether this …

Green space has been identified as a modifiable feature of the urban environment and
associations with physiological and psychological health have been reported at the local …