A growing literature shows that green space can have protective effects on human health. As
a marginalized group, women often have worse life outcomes than men, including …

Exposure to green space has been proposed to be beneficially associated with
cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Many studies have explored this topic, but the results …

Most nature and health research use the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) for
measuring greenness exposure. However, little is known about what NDVI measures in …

An increasing body of evidence has linked greenspace and various health outcomes in
children and adolescents, but the conclusions were inconsistent. For this review, we …

Background: Several studies have evaluated whether the distribution of natural
environments differs between marginalized and privileged neighborhoods. However, most …

Exposure to natural environments offers an array of mental health benefits. Virtual reality
provides simulated experiences of being in nature when outdoor access is limited. Previous …

Many studies have investigated the association between greenspaces and blood pressure
(BP), but the results remain mixed. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to …

Rates of living alone, especially in more urbanised areas, are increasing across many
industrialised countries, with associated increases in feelings of loneliness and poorer …

Although cities globally are increasingly mobilizing re-naturing projects to address diverse
urban socio-environmental and health challenges, there is mounting evidence that these …

The beneficial association between nature contact and human health is often explained with
psycho-evolutionary frameworks such as stress reduction theory and the savanna …