Biodiversity and human health: mechanisms and evidence of the positive health effects of diversity in nature and green spaces

R Aerts, O Honnay… - British medical …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Natural environments and green spaces provide ecosystem services that
enhance human health and well-being. They improve mental health, mitigate allergies and …

Integrating the aesthetic value of landscapes and biological diversity

AS Tribot, J Deter, N Mouquet - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
As a cultural ecosystem service, the aesthetic value of landscapes contributes to human well-
being, but studies linking biodiversity and ecosystem services generally do not account for …

[HTML][HTML] The importance of species diversity for human well-being in Europe

J Methorst, K Rehdanz, T Mueller, B Hansjürgens… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nature affects human well-being in multiple ways. However, the association between
species diversity and human well-being at larger spatial scales remains largely unexplored …

Beyond knowing nature: Contact, emotion, compassion, meaning, and beauty are pathways to nature connection

R Lumber, M Richardson, D Sheffield - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Feeling connected to nature has been shown to be beneficial to wellbeing and pro-
environmental behaviour. General nature contact and knowledge based activities are often …

Global synthesis reveals heterogeneous changes in connection of humans to nature

M Soga, KJ Gaston - One Earth, 2023 - cell.com
The connection that individuals have with nature impacts their well-being and their support
for pro-nature policies. While it is generally believed that the connection between humans …

Spending time in the garden is positively associated with health and wellbeing: Results from a national survey in England

S de Bell, M White, A Griffiths, A Darlow, T Taylor… - Landscape and urban …, 2020 - Elsevier
Research has found that natural environments within urban areas are associated with
benefits for human health and wellbeing. However, most studies have primarily focused on …

Where the wild things are! Do urban green spaces with greater avian biodiversity promote more positive emotions in humans?

RWF Cameron, P Brindley, M Mears, K McEwan… - Urban …, 2020 - Springer
Urban green space can help mitigate the negative impacts of urban living and provide
positive effects on citizens' mood, health and well-being. Questions remain, however, as to …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of urbanisation on nature dose and the implications for human health

DTC Cox, DF Shanahan, HL Hudson, RA Fuller… - Landscape and urban …, 2018 - Elsevier
The last 100 years have seen a huge change in the global structure of the human
population, with the majority of people now living in urban rather than rural environments. An …

Doses of neighborhood nature: the benefits for mental health of living with nature

DTC Cox, DF Shanahan, HL Hudson… - AIBS …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Experiences of nature provide many mental-health benefits, particularly for people living in
urban areas. The natural characteristics of city residents' neighborhoods are likely to be …

Both direct and vicarious experiences of nature affect children's willingness to conserve biodiversity

M Soga, KJ Gaston, Y Yamaura, K Kurisu… - International journal of …, 2016 - mdpi.com
Children are becoming less likely to have direct contact with nature. This ongoing loss of
human interactions with nature, the extinction of experience, is viewed as one of the most …