[HTML][HTML] Blue space, health and well-being: A narrative overview and synthesis of potential benefits

MP White, LR Elliott, M Gascon, B Roberts… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of nature prescriptions on cardiometabolic and mental health, and physical activity: A systematic review

PY Nguyen, T Astell-Burt… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Nature prescriptions are gaining popularity as a form of social prescribing in support of
sustainable health care. This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to synthesise …

Urban blue spaces and human health: A systematic review and meta-analysis of quantitative studies

N Smith, M Georgiou, AC King, Z Tieges, S Webb… - Cities, 2021 - Elsevier
Blue spaces, defined as all forms of natural and manmade surface water, are an integral part
of cities. This is the first quantitative synthesis of the health impacts of urban blue spaces …

The affective benefits of nature exposure

GN Bratman, HA Olvera‐Alvarez… - Social and Personality …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Mounting evidence demonstrates that nature exposure can have affective benefits. These
include behavioral and psychophysiological responses consistent with (a) decreases in …

[HTML][HTML] Health, wellness, and place attachment during and post health pandemics

S Majeed, H Ramkissoon - Frontiers in psychology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Therapeutic landscapes encapsulate healing and recovery notions in natural and built
environmental settings. Tourists' perceptions determine their decision making of health and …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental justice in a very green city: Spatial inequality in exposure to urban nature, air pollution and heat in Oslo, Norway

ZS Venter, H Figari, O Krange, V Gundersen - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Poorer citizens are often more exposed to environmental hazards due to spatial inequalities
in the distribution of urban blue-green space. Few cities have managed to prevent spatial …

[HTML][HTML] Results from an 18 country cross-sectional study examining experiences of nature for people with common mental health disorders

M Tester-Jones, MP White, LR Elliott, N Weinstein… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Exposure to natural environments is associated with a lower risk of common mental health
disorders (CMDs), such as depression and anxiety, but we know little about nature-related …

[HTML][HTML] Association between urban environment and mental health in Brussels, Belgium

I Pelgrims, B Devleesschauwer, M Guyot, H Keune… - BMC public health, 2021 - Springer
Background Mental health disorders appear as a growing problem in urban areas. While
common mental health disorders are generally linked to demographic and socioeconomic …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of nature walks on depression and anxiety: a systematic review

Y Kotera, M Lyons, KC Vione, B Norton - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The benefits of nature for our health have been an increasing research focus in recent years.
In the context of a global increase in mental health diagnoses, the potential health benefits …

[HTML][HTML] The relationship between nature deprivation and individual wellbeing across urban gradients under COVID-19

LP Tomasso, J Yin, JG Cedeño Laurent… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Lockdown aiming at slowing COVID-19 transmission has altered nature accessibility
patterns, creating quasi-experimental conditions to assess if retracted nature contact and …