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 …

Equity in the built environment: A systematic review

M Seyedrezaei, B Becerik-Gerber, M Awada… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Equity in the built environment refers to the extent to which the built environment meets the
needs of different groups through planning, design, construction, operation, management …

[HTML][HTML] Perceived biodiversity, sound, naturalness and safety enhance the restorative quality and wellbeing benefits of green and blue space in a neotropical city

JC Fisher, KN Irvine, JE Bicknell, WM Hayes… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Urban land cover expansion and human population growth are accelerating worldwide. This
is resulting in the loss and degradation of green and blue spaces (eg parks, waterways …

Mechanisms underlying childhood exposure to blue spaces and adult subjective well-being: An 18-country analysis

V Vitale, L Martin, MP White, LR Elliott, KJ Wyles… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Contact with natural environments is associated with good health and well-being. Although
childhood nature experiences may be important in the development of an individual's …

Applying an ecosystem services framework on nature and mental health to recreational blue space visits across 18 countries

JK Garrett, MP White, LR Elliott, J Grellier, S Bell… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The effects of 'nature'on mental health and subjective well-being have yet to be consistently
integrated into ecosystem service models and frameworks. To address this gap, we used …

[HTML][HTML] Inland waterway transport and the 2030 agenda: Taxonomy of sustainability issues

BRC de Barros, EB de Carvalho… - Cleaner Engineering and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Inland Waterway Transport (IWT) is recognized as energy efficient, with lower levels
of greenhouse gas emissions and large freight capacity when compared to other modes …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring how urban nature is associated with human wellbeing in a neotropical city

JC Fisher, JE Bicknell, KN Irvine, D Fernandes… - Landscape and Urban …, 2021 - Elsevier
Human population growth and urbanisation are putting pressure on urban green and blue
spaces worldwide. These spaces provide habitat for biodiversity and, as evidence from the …

Assessing the preference and restorative potential of urban park blue space

S Luo, J Xie, K Furuya - Land, 2021 - mdpi.com
Urban parks are essential parts of a city's natural environment, and blue spaces of urban
parks bring aesthetic and health benefits to people. However, the current blue spaces …

Relationship between environmental factors and facial expressions of visitors during the urban forest experience

H Wei, B Ma, RJ Hauer, C Liu, X Chen, X He - Urban forestry & urban …, 2020 - Elsevier
A forest environment can promote the mental state of people and the effect can result within
short frames (eg, minutes of visit). Most studies to date have used questionnaire …

[HTML][HTML] Urban blue space renovation and local resident and visitor well-being: A case study from Plymouth, UK

N van den Bogerd, LR Elliott, MP White… - Landscape and Urban …, 2021 - Elsevier
Observational studies have suggested that people with better access to attractive, safe, and
inclusive blue spaces enjoy higher psychological well-being, with particular benefits for …