[HTML][HTML] Nature-based biopsychosocial resilience: An integrative theoretical framework for research on nature and health

MP White, T Hartig, L Martin, S Pahl… - Environment …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nature-based solutions including urban forests and wetlands can help communities cope
better with climate change and other environmental stressors by enhancing social …

Exploring pathways linking greenspace to health: Theoretical and methodological guidance

I Markevych, J Schoierer, T Hartig, A Chudnovsky… - Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background In a rapidly urbanizing world, many people have little contact with natural
environments, which may affect health and well-being. Existing reviews generally conclude …

Nature contact, nature connectedness and associations with health, wellbeing and pro-environmental behaviours

L Martin, MP White, A Hunt, M Richardson… - Journal of environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Contact with, and psychological connectedness to the natural world are both associated with
various health and sustainability-related outcomes. To date, though, the evidence base has …

[HTML][HTML] Green Apartheid: Urban green infrastructure remains unequally distributed across income and race geographies in South Africa

ZS Venter, CM Shackleton, F Van Staden… - Landscape and Urban …, 2020 - Elsevier
Urban green infrastructure provides ecosystem services that are essential to human
wellbeing. A dearth of national-scale assessments in the Global South has precluded the …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of urbanisation on nature dose and the implications for human health

DTC Cox, DF Shanahan, HL Hudson, RA Fuller… - Landscape and urban …, 2018 - Elsevier
The last 100 years have seen a huge change in the global structure of the human
population, with the majority of people now living in urban rather than rural environments. An …

[HTML][HTML] Urban green space and mental health among people living alone: The mediating roles of relational and collective restoration in an 18-country sample

TP Pasanen, MP White, LR Elliott… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Rates of living alone, especially in more urbanised areas, are increasing across many
industrialised countries, with associated increases in feelings of loneliness and poorer …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of COVID-19 on the management of European protected areas and policy implications

J McGinlay, V Gkoumas, J Holtvoeth, RFA Fuertes… - Forests, 2020 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic led to many European countries imposing lockdown measures
and limiting people's movement during spring 2020. During the summer 2020, these strict …

Are some natural environments more psychologically beneficial than others? The importance of type and quality on connectedness to nature and psychological …

KJ Wyles, MP White, C Hattam, S Pahl… - Environment and …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Exposure to nature can strengthen an individual's sense of connectedness (ie,
emotional/cognitive bonds to the natural world) and enhance psychological restoration (eg …

[HTML][HTML] Associations between pro-environmental behaviour and neighbourhood nature, nature visit frequency and nature appreciation: Evidence from a nationally …

I Alcock, MP White, S Pahl, R Duarte-Davidson… - Environment …, 2020 - Elsevier
Progress on changing human behaviour to meet the challenges of regional and global
sustainability has been slow. Building on theory as well as small-scale survey and …

Economic value of protected areas via visitor mental health

R Buckley, P Brough, L Hague, A Chauvenet… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
We evaluate methods to calculate the economic value of protected areas derived from the
improved mental health of visitors. A conservative global estimate using quality-adjusted life …