Urban green space, public health, and environmental justice: The challenge of making cities 'just green enough'

JR Wolch, J Byrne, JP Newell - Landscape and urban planning, 2014 - Elsevier
Urban green space, such as parks, forests, green roofs, streams, and community gardens,
provides critical ecosystem services. Green space also promotes physical activity …

Public open space, physical activity, urban design and public health: Concepts, methods and research agenda

MJ Koohsari, S Mavoa, K Villanueva, T Sugiyama… - Health & place, 2015 - Elsevier
Public open spaces such as parks and green spaces are key built environment elements
within neighbourhoods for encouraging a variety of physical activity behaviours. Over the …

Characteristics of urban parks and their relation to user well-being

C Ayala-Azcárraga, D Diaz, L Zambrano - Landscape and urban planning, 2019 - Elsevier
Urban green spaces have been associated with the well-being of urban citizens. However,
there is limited evidence documenting those characteristics that green spaces must have to …

Recreational physical activity in natural environments and implications for health: A population based cross-sectional study in England

MP White, LR Elliott, T Taylor, BW Wheeler… - Preventive …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Building on evidence that natural environments (eg parks, woodlands,
beaches) are key locations for physical activity, we estimated the total annual amount of …

Advantages of public green spaces in enhancing population health

T Sugiyama, A Carver, MJ Koohsari, J Veitch - Landscape and Urban …, 2018 - Elsevier
Since the burden of chronic diseases is rising globally, there is an urgent need to develop
population-level approaches to reducing the risk of chronic diseases. Neighborhood …

Factors affecting users' satisfaction with urban parks through online comments data: Evidence from Shenzhen, China

R Liu, J Xiao - International Journal of Environmental Research and …, 2021 - mdpi.com
It is essential to give full consideration to the potential barriers facing urban parks from their
better functions and meeting residents' needs in terms of collective perception and …

Urban park facility use and intensity of seniors' physical activity–An examination combining accelerometer and GPS tracking

Y Zhai, D Li, C Wu, H Wu - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2021 - Elsevier
Physical activity provides multiple health benefits to seniors, and urban parks are one of
theprimary settings where seniors engage in physical activity. However, seniors' park-based …

Outdoor green space exposure and brain health measures related to Alzheimer's disease: A rapid review

L Besser - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Summarise studies of outdoor green space exposure and brain health measures
related to Alzheimer's disease and related disorders (ADRD), and determine scientific gaps …

Locations of physical activity: where are children, adolescents, and adults physically active? A systematic review

A Kelso, AK Reimers, K Abu-Omar, K Wunsch… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The aim of this systematic review was to examine where physical activity (PA) takes place
and how much time children, adolescents and adults spend being physically active within …

[HTML][HTML] Using Twitter data in urban green space research: A case study and critical evaluation

HV Roberts - Applied Geography, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•A method of crowdsourcing in urban green space using Twitter is proposed.•A
case study is presented detailing some information received using this method.•Events in …