[HTML][HTML] Body functionality: A review of the literature

JM Alleva, TL Tylka - Body Image, 2021 - Elsevier
Body functionality describes everything that the body is able to do, across diverse domains
(eg, bodily senses, creative endeavours). Nearly a decade ago, leading scholars identified …

A review of urban physical environment sensing using street view imagery in public health studies

Y Kang, F Zhang, S Gao, H Lin, Y Liu - Annals of GIS, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Urban physical environments are the physical settings and built environments in
neighbourhoods and cities which provide places for human activities. Evidence suggests …

Contact with blue-green spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown beneficial for mental health

S Pouso, Á Borja, LE Fleming… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
There is growing evidence that ecosystem services and especially the exposure to the
natural world (blue-green spaces) have potential benefits for mental health and well-being …

[HTML][HTML] The importance of outdoor play for young children's healthy development

G Bento, G Dias - Porto biomedical journal, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Changes in current societies are affecting childhood experiences. Time for outdoor
play is diminishing, contributing to more sedentary lifestyles, disconnected from the natural …

Urban green spaces as a component of an ecosystem

JG Vargas-Hernández, K Pallagst… - Sustainable …, 2023 - Springer
This chapter is aimed at analyzing a review of the empirical literature on some important
features of urban green spaces such as the components, functions, services, community …

COVID-19 could leverage a sustainable built environment

MD Pinheiro, NC Luís - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
The health system's response to the COVID-19 pandemic has involved research into
diagnoses and vaccines, but primarily it has required specific treatments, facilities and …

The effects of naturalness, gender, and age on how urban green space is perceived and used

ÅO Sang, I Knez, B Gunnarsson, M Hedblom - Urban forestry & urban …, 2016 - Elsevier
Neighbourhood green space serves an important function for the urban population, and
provides valuable ecosystem services for human well-being. In this article, we investigate …

Therapeutic landscapes and wellbeing in later life: Impacts of blue and green spaces for older adults

J Finlay, T Franke, H McKay, J Sims-Gould - Health & place, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper extends the concept of therapeutic landscapes by investigating how green and
blue spaces affect older adult health and wellbeing. We draw on interview data from …

From incremental to transformative adaptation in individual responses to climate-exacerbated hazards

RS Wilson, A Herziger, M Hamilton… - Nature Climate Change, 2020 - nature.com
Building societal resilience to climate change depends on increased adaptation. In this
Review of scholarship on behavioural adaptation, we find that most empirical studies focus …

The impact of blue space on human health and well-being–Salutogenetic health effects of inland surface waters: A review

S Völker, T Kistemann - International journal of hygiene and environmental …, 2011 - Elsevier
Water is one of the most important physical, aesthetic landscape elements and possesses
importance eg in environmental psychology, landscape design, and tourism research, but …