Abstract Urban green space can help mitigate the negative impacts of urban living and provide positive effects on citizens’ mood, health well-being. Questions remain, however, as to whether all types are equally beneficial, if not, what landscape forms or key features optimise desired benefits. For example, it has been cited that landscapes rich in wildlife (high biodiversity) may promote more emotions enhance This research utilised a mobile phone App, employed assess people’s when they...

The majority of the world's population now lives in towns and cities, urban areas are expanding faster than any other land-use type. In response to this phenomenon, two opposing arguments have emerged: whether cities should 'sprawl' into wider countryside, or 'densify' through development existing greenspace. However, these greenspaces increasingly recognized as being central amelioration living conditions, supporting biodiversity conservation ecosystem service provision. Taking highly...

Urban greenspace can improve the health of local residents by facilitating physical activity, psychological restoration, and social contacts, as well through amelioration environment immune system modulation. In some cases, exposure has been reported to reduce inequalities associated with deprivation. However, studies investigating socioeconomic equity distribution find conflicting results. We investigate how varies deprivation in Sheffield, UK, for three aspects (access; provision, or...

In an increasingly urbanised world where mental health is currently in crisis, interventions to increase human engagement and connection with the natural environment are one of fastest growing, most widely accessible, cost-effective ways improving wellbeing. This study aimed provide evaluation a smartphone app-based wellbeing intervention. randomised controlled trial design, app prompted 582 adults, including subgroup adults classified by baseline scores on Recovering Quality Life scale as...

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about unprecedented changes to human lifestyles across the world. virus and associated social restriction measures have been linked an increase in mental health conditions. A considerable body of evidence shows that spending time engaging with nature can improve wellbeing. Our study explores nature’s role supporting during pandemic. We created web-based questionnaires validated instruments conducted spatial analyses a geographic information system (GIS)....

Despite the growing body of research exploring health benefits greenspace, most studies treat greenspace as homogenous. There remains a need to focus on 'quality' rather than quantity greenspace. Quality may be substantial determinant for use and experience within greenspaces therefore influence well-being derived from that use. This small-area level ecological study was undertaken city Sheffield, UK. Health data were drawn general question 2011 UK Census. Greenspace quality measured using...

Abstract Background Above and below knee amputation (AKA, BKA) are treatments of last resort for peripheral arterial disease (PAD). The aim was to examine rates, AKA:BKA ratios, previous revascularization minor amputation, lengths stay in hospital, mortality following regional variation people with without diabetes England. Methods study used population-based ecological cohort designs, 31 672 census areas, hospital admissions from 2006 2018 Poisson, logistic Cox regression. Results There...

There is a growing recognition of the health benefits natural environment. Whilst domestic gardens account for significant proportion greenspace in urban areas, few studies, and no population level have investigated their potential benefits. With offering immediate interaction with nature on our doorsteps, we hypothesise that garden size will affect general health-with smaller associated poorer health.A small area ecological design was undertaken using two separate analyses based data from...

Cross-sectional research linking exposure to greenspace with human health rarely describes characteristics in detail, but a few studies do find that some types of have greater benefits than others. We review literature landscape metrics multiple mechanisms by which is posited benefit health. Using identified this process describe the composition and configuration urban greenspace, we conduct small-area epidemiological analysis self-reported general for city Sheffield, UK. A relatively high...

Exposure to greenspace in urban environments is associated with a range of improved health and well-being outcomes. There need understand which aspects influence components health. We investigate the relationship indicators quantity (total specific types greenspace), accessibility quality poor general health, depression, severe mental illness, city Sheffield, UK. find complex relationships multiple that are different for each measure, highlighting future studies include multiple, nuanced...

Prescribing nature-based health interventions (green prescribing)—such as therapeutic horticulture or conservation activities—is an emerging transdisciplinary strategy focussed on reducing noncommunicable diseases. However, little is known about the practice of, and socioecological constraints/opportunities associated with, green prescribing in UK. Furthermore, distribution of has yet to be comprehensively mapped. In this study, we conducted a exploration prescribing. We deployed online...

Current evidence suggests that stroke mortality and hospital admissions should be higher in areas with elevated levels of outdoor air pollution because the combined acute chronic exposure effects pollution. We examined this hypothesis using a small-area level ecological correlation study.We used 1030 census enumeration districts as unit analysis deaths from 1994 to 1998, denominator counts for people > or =45 years. Modeled data particulate matter (PM10), nitrogen oxides (NO(x)), carbon...

Urban greenspace can provide physical and mental health benefits to residents, potentially reducing inequalities associated with socioeconomic deprivation. The distribution of urban is an important social justice issue, consequently increasingly studied. However, there little consistency between studies in terms methods definitions. There no consensus on what comprises the most appropriate geographic units analysis or how capture residents’ experience their neighbourhood, leading possibility...

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about unprecedented changes to human lifestyles across the world. virus and associated social restriction measures have been linked an increase in mental health conditions. A considerable body of evidence shows that spending time engaging with nature can improve wellbeing. Our study explores nature’s role supporting during pandemic. We created web-based questionnaires validated instruments conducted spatial analyses a geographic information system...

The literature identifies an important research gap regarding the variability in people's needs and preferences for Urban Green Space (UGS) depending on sociodemographic cultural backgrounds. Therefore, it is essential to understand impact of these differences UGS utilization preferences. However, there remains a lack comprehensive comparative this topic. This study compared analysis park usage from urban parks accessed foot by analyzing comparing results 2,360 online questionnaires...

Children’s playgrounds are an important component providing opportunities for children’s play. Few studies, however, have explored the unequal geographic provision of these valuable spaces. This work addressed this research gap by identifying key data and methods required to analyse playground at both global national scales. The aims paper were twofold: It firstly potential mapping a scale validated such approach using finer spatial Secondly, was investigated in England, UK open sources....

Aims To examine the hypothesis that coronary heart disease mortality and emergency hospital admission rates are higher in areas with outdoor air pollution levels.

Urban greenspace is a valuable component of the urban form that has potential to improve health and well-being residents. Most quantitative studies relationships between date have investigated associations only with what exists in local environment (i.e. provision greenspace), rather than extent it used. This due difficulty obtaining usage data large amounts. In recent years, GPS functionality integrated into mobile phones provided solution this problem by making possible track which parts...

Abstract The majority of research to date on the links between well-being and green spaces comes from cross-sectional studies. Shmapped is an app that allows for collection location data live in field acts as a novel dual tool intervention, which prompts users notice good things about their surroundings. We describe process developing storyboarding, budgeting, timescales; selecting developer; drawing up protection plans; collaborating with developers end-user testers ultimately publishing...

With cities continuing to grow at rapid rates across the globe, daily exposure traffic, noise, crowding, information overload and other stressors have exacerbated urban dwellers' need for restoration. Yet, how enhance restorative potential of environments remains a vastly understudied research topic. This article explores perceived commercial streets in Boston metropolitan area (US) Belo Horizonte (Brazil). Triangulation data (derived from face-to-face interviews, unstructured observations,...

Summary Background One cause of childhood obesity is a reduction in the amount unstructured time spent outdoors, resulting less physical activity. Greenspaces have potential to increase children's activity levels, so it desirable understand how create spaces that promote visitation and Objectives We investigate relationship between rates at ages 4 5 10 11 small‐area census geographies, indicators neighbourhood greenspace environment, northern English city Sheffield. Methods To capture...

Urban green space (UGS) provides a range of services to visitors and is particularly important for recreation well-being. There are number approaches research visitor accessibility, but implications demographic differences users typically ignored. In order more precisely model usage UGS regarding preference, this study used Guangzhou (China) as case study, concentrating on residents’ visitation parks their factors across different groups (for example, by gender, education level, age visiting...