[HTML][HTML] How can vegetation protect us from air pollution? A critical review on green spaces' mitigation abilities for air-borne particles from a public health perspective …

A Diener, P Mudu - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Air pollution causes the largest death toll among environmental risks globally, but
interventions to purify ambient air remain inadequate. Vegetation and green spaces have …

[HTML][HTML] New urban models for more sustainable, liveable and healthier cities post covid19; reducing air pollution, noise and heat island effects and increasing green …

MJ Nieuwenhuijsen - Environment international, 2021 - Elsevier
Cities are centres of innovation and wealth creation, but also hotspots of air pollution and
noise, heat island effects and lack of green space, which are all detrimental to human health …

Green space and health equity: a systematic review on the potential of green space to reduce health disparities

A Rigolon, MHEM Browning, O McAnirlin… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Disadvantaged groups worldwide, such as low-income and racially/ethnically minoritized
people, experience worse health outcomes than more privileged groups, including wealthier …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 and living space challenge. Well-being and public health recommendations for a healthy, safe, and sustainable housing

D D'alessandro, M Gola, L Appolloni… - Acta Bio Medica …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods: According to the previous statements and scenario, this paper aims to integrate the
building hygiene and well-being, focusing the possible responses, both existing and for the …

[HTML][HTML] Demystifying normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) for greenness exposure assessments and policy interventions in urban greening

A De La Iglesia Martinez, SM Labib - Environmental research, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

The association between green space and adolescents' mental well-being: a systematic review

Y Zhang, S Mavoa, J Zhao, D Raphael… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
This systematic review summarised and evaluated the evidence for associations between
green space and adolescents' mental well-being. The PRISMA statement guidelines were …

[HTML][HTML] Where greenspace matters most: A systematic review of urbanicity, greenspace, and physical health

MHEM Browning, A Rigolon, O McAnirlin - Landscape and Urban …, 2022 - Elsevier
Greenspace in urban areas may have greater protective health effects than elsewhere.
Urban dwellers experience more environmental harmful exposures, attentional demands …

An ecosystem service perspective on urban nature, physical activity, and health

RP Remme, H Frumkin, AD Guerry… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Nature underpins human well-being in critical ways, especially in health. Nature provides
pollination of nutritious crops, purification of drinking water, protection from floods, and …

Urban wetlands: A review on ecological and cultural values

S Alikhani, P Nummi, A Ojala - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
Wetlands are a critical part of natural environments that offer a wide range of ecosystem
services. In urban areas, wetlands contribute to the livability of cities through improving the …

[HTML][HTML] Nature's contributions in co** with a pandemic in the 21st century: A narrative review of evidence during COVID-19

SM Labib, MHEM Browning, A Rigolon… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
While COVID-19 lockdowns have slowed coronavirus transmission, such structural
measures also have unintended consequences on mental and physical health. Growing …