Linking urbanization and the environment: Conceptual and empirical advances

X Bai, T McPhearson, H Cleugh… - Annual review of …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Urbanization is one of the biggest social transformations of modern time, driving and driven
by multiple social, economic, and environmental processes. The impacts of urbanization on …

Freshwater blue space and population health: An emerging research agenda

CW McDougall, RS Quilliam, N Hanley… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Growing evidence suggests that access and exposure to water bodies or blue spaces can
provide a variety of health and well-being benefits. Attempts to quantify these 'blue …

Towards systematic analyses of ecosystem service trade-offs and synergies: Main concepts, methods and the road ahead

AF Cord, B Bartkowski, M Beckmann, A Dittrich… - Ecosystem …, 2017 - Elsevier
Ecosystem services (ES), the benefits that humans obtain from nature, are of great
importance for human well-being. The challenge of meeting the growing human demands …

[HTML][HTML] The importance of nature in mediating social and psychological benefits associated with visits to freshwater blue space

S De Bell, H Graham, S Jarvis, P White - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2017 - Elsevier
There is increasing appreciation of the benefits associated with exposure to natural
environments. However, most of the evidence relates to green space with much less on blue …

[HTML][HTML] Stakeholder perspectives on ecosystem service supply and ecosystem service demand bundles

BM Zoderer, E Tasser, S Carver, U Tappeiner - Ecosystem Services, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Recent developments in Ecosystem Service (ES) research show a growing interest
in the concept of ES bundles for informing the effective management of landscapes. While …

Self-reported benefits and risks of open water swimming to health, wellbeing and the environment: Cross-sectional evidence from a survey of Scottish swimmers

DM Oliver, CW McDougall, T Robertson, B Grant… - Plos One, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Engaging with natural environments benefits human health by providing opportunities for
social interactions, enhancing mental wellbeing and enabling outdoor spaces for physical …

[HTML][HTML] Priorities and opportunities in the application of the ecosystem services concept in risk assessment for chemicals in the environment

JH Faber, S Marshall, PJ Van den Brink… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
The ecosystem services approach has gained broad interest in regulatory and policy circles
for use in ecological risk assessment. Whilst identifying several challenges, scientific experts …

Men's polluted leisure in the anthropocene: Place attachment and well-being in an industrial coastal setting

CW Evers - Leisure Sciences, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
PRELUDE Violence. Dead crabs by the many thousands on the beach. Dead fish too. Ponds
full of tires. Bubbles surfacing from broken gas pipes somewhere at the bottom of the river …

Valuing inland blue space: A contingent valuation study of two large freshwater lakes

CW McDougall, N Hanley, RS Quilliam… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Water bodies, or blue spaces, offer a range of health and well-being benefits. Many of these
benefits occur in waterside spaces and do not require direct water contact. For example, non …

Applying ecosystem services principles to the derivation of freshwater environmental quality standards

L Maltby, R Brown, H Wilkinson - Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Freshwater ecosystems provide many benefits to people (ecosystem services), but their
biodiversity and functioning is threatened by anthropogenic stressors, including chemical …