Advancing urban green and blue space contributions to public health

RF Hunter, M Nieuwenhuijsen, C Fabian… - The Lancet Public …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Urban green and blue spaces (UGBS) have the potential to improve public health and
wellbeing, address health inequities, and provide co-benefits for the environment, economy …

Unlocking urban blue-green infrastructure: an interdisciplinary literature review analysing co-benefits and synergies between bio-physical and socio-cultural outcomes

T McNabb, FJ Charters, E Challies… - Blue-Green …, 2024 - iwaponline.com
Conventional methods of urbanization and risk management have exposed communities to
multiple climatic, ecological, and social vulnerabilities. Urban blue-green infrastructure (BGI) …

Planning recreation around water bodies in two hard coal post-mining areas in Southern Poland

I Kantor-Pietraga, R Krzysztofik, M Solarski - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Green and blue infrastructure is a unique aspect of sustainable development in post-
industrial and post-mining cities. The article examines the issue of the characteristic post …

How do weather conditions and environmental characteristics influence aesthetic preferences of freshwater environments?

MJ Grace, J Dickie, PJ Bartie, C Brown… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Freshwater (inland) blue space environments provide a range of public health benefits to
visitors. However, health related exposure outcomes are dynamic and can vary depending …

Urban waterfront development, through the lens of the Kyrenia waterfront case study

D Üzümcüoğlu, M Polay - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study's primary objective is to investigate the fundamentals of urban waterfront
development. Consequently, the study created and validated two assessment scales …

Relationships between recreation and pollution when striving for wellbeing in blue spaces

C Evers, C Phoenix - … Journal of Environmental Research and Public …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Our aim for this research was to identify and examine how recreation enthusiasts cope with
and mitigate the violence of pollution as they strive for wellbeing in polluted “blue …

A Methodology for Quantifying the Spatial Distribution and Social Equity of Urban Green and Blue Spaces

B Guinaudeau, M Brink, B Schäffer, MA Schlaepfer - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Urban green and blue space (UGBS) contribute to a variety of nature-based values and
human health benefits. As such, they play a critical role for the quality of life and …

High street retail environment interventions and their theorised impacts on health and wellbeing: A sco** review

C Rinaldi, E McGill, M Petticrew, C Knai, M Egan - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Health outcomes are influenced by social and environmental determinants of health. As
places where people work, live, meet and consume, high street retail environments are …

[HTML][HTML] Design and implementation of blue-green infrastructure for socio-cultural benefits at community scales: The case of Wigram Basin in Ōtautahi Christchurch

T McNabb, F Charters, R Dionisio, E Challies - Nature-Based Solutions, 2024 - Elsevier
Stormwater-related blue-green infrastructure (BGI) has been shown to play an important role
in enhancing the socio-ecological-cultural resilience of communities under stress from …

Whose blue healthy spaces? A sco** study on blue health promotion and recreation, planning and management

L Kronsted Lund, KP Gurholt… - Sport, Education and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This study reviews the research literature on blue health promotion and the value of multiple
forms of coastal and marine recreation and activities across societal contexts, with …