[HTML][HTML] How can vegetation protect us from air pollution? A critical review on green spaces' mitigation abilities for air-borne particles from a public health perspective …

A Diener, P Mudu - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Air pollution causes the largest death toll among environmental risks globally, but
interventions to purify ambient air remain inadequate. Vegetation and green spaces have …

Green space and the health of the older adult during pandemics: a narrative review on the experience of COVID-19

N Tabrizi, A Lak, SMR Moussavi. A - Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Aging is an inevitable process that leads to changes in various dimensions of
older adult life, including physical, psychological, and social aspects. Unfortunately, older …

Park access and mental health among parents and children during the COVID-19 pandemic

MF Hazlehurst, S Muqueeth, KL Wolf, C Simmons… - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Background Time spent outdoors and in nature has been associated with numerous benefits
to health and well-being. We examined relationships between park access and mental …

Revised Contemplative Landscape Model (CLM): A reliable and valid evaluation tool for mental health-promoting urban green spaces

A Olszewska-Guizzo, A Sia, N Escoffier - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to rapid urbanization and an increase in mental health issues in urban populations,
urban green spaces (UGS) design needs to be optimized to meet mental health and well …

The effect of transport infrastructure, congestion and reliability on mental wellbeing: a systematic review of empirical studies

MA Conceição, MM Monteiro, D Kasraian… - Transport …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
There has been a growing interest in understanding the interdependencies between
urbanisation and mental health. Although transportation in cities is complex and of foremost …

Public perceptions of urban green spaces: convergences and divergences

SM Atiqul Haq, MN Islam, A Siddhanta… - … in Sustainable Cities, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In the context of rapid climate change, it is important to understand public perceptions of
urban green spaces (UGSs), because green spaces have enormous potential as …

Optimizing urban forest landscape for better perceptions of positive emotions

J Zhang, Z Yang, Z Chen, M Guo, P Guo - Forests, 2021 - mdpi.com
Interacting with urban spaces that are green and blue is believed to promote mental well-
being and positive emotions. Therefore, there is an incentive to strategically design urban …

Disconnected: what can we learn from individuals with very low nature connection?

A Barrable, D Booth - International journal of environmental research and …, 2022 - mdpi.com
While nature connection, which describes a positive relationship between humans and the
rest of the natural world, has been a focus of numerous research studies in the last few …

Unveiling nature's resilience: exploring vegetation dynamics during the COVID-19 era in Jharkhand, India, with the Google Earth Engine

T Ahmad, SK Gupta, SK Singh, G Meraj, P Kumar… - Climate, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic
has presented unprecedented challenges to global health and economic stability …

[HTML][HTML] Freshwater blue space design and human health: A comprehensive research mapping based on scientometric analysis

H Zhang, S Nijhuis, C Newton - Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 2022 - Elsevier
Water is a critical element of human existence and has shaped cities for centuries. In urban
environments, water provides multiple ecosystem services and is an important element in …