Making green infrastructure healthier infrastructure

M Lõhmus, J Balbus - Infection ecology & epidemiology, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Increasing urban green and blue structure is often pointed out to be critical for sustainable
development and climate change adaptation, which has led to the rapid expansion of …

[HTML][HTML] The nexus between air pollution, green infrastructure and human health

P Kumar, A Druckman, J Gallagher… - Environment …, 2019 - Elsevier
Cities are constantly evolving and so are the living conditions within and between them.
Rapid urbanization and the ever-growing need for housing have turned large areas of many …

Green infrastructure and health

MJ Nieuwenhuijsen - Annual Review of Public Health, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The health benefits of green space are well known, but the health effects of green
infrastructure less so. Green infrastructure goes well beyond the presence of green space …

[HTML][HTML] Planning, designing, and managing green roofs and green walls for public health–an ecosystem services approach

Å Ode Sang, P Thorpert, AM Fransson - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Installing green roofs and green walls in urban areas is suggested to supply multiple
ecosystem services of benefit to human health and well-being. In a three-step literature …

The impact of green space and biodiversity on health

H Lai, EJ Flies, P Weinstein… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Urban green spaces are associated with many health outcomes, but the mechanisms
underlying these links remain unclear. One explanation is that biodiverse microbiomes in …

Green infrastructure, green stormwater infrastructure, and human health: A review

P Suppakittpaisarn, X Jiang, WC Sullivan - Current Landscape Ecology …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of the Review In a growing trend, cities around the world have been
installing Green Infrastructure (GI) in the form of vegetated landscapes that provide …

Fifty shades of green: pathway to healthy urban living

MJ Nieuwenhuijsen, H Khreis, M Triguero-Mas… - …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
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 …

A perspective on green, blue, and grey spaces, biodiversity, microbiota, and human health

JD Potter, C Brooks, G Donovan, C Cunningham… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Nature-based strategies for improving urban health and safety

MC Kondo, EC South, CC Branas - Journal of Urban Health, 2015 - Springer
Place-based programs are being noticed as key opportunities to prevent disease and
promote public health and safety for populations at-large. As one key type of place-based …

Green space and health

P Dadvand, M Nieuwenhuijsen - Integrating human health into urban and …, 2019 - Springer
Natural environments, including green spaces, have been associated with improved mental
and physical health and wellbeing and are increasingly recognized as a mitigation measure …