Linking public urban green spaces and human well-being: A systematic review

R Reyes-Riveros, A Altamirano, F De La Barrera… - Urban forestry & urban …, 2021 - Elsevier
Public urban green spaces provide people with many benefits. Understanding the
relationship between public urban green spaces' characteristics and human well-being …

The relationship between greenspace and the mental wellbeing of adults: A systematic review

V Houlden, S Weich, J Porto de Albuquerque, S Jarvis… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Introduction The view that interacting with nature enhances mental wellbeing is
commonplace, despite a dearth of evidence or even agreed definitions of 'nature'. The aim of …

Nature-based solutions for urban climate change adaptation: linking science, policy, and practice communities for evidence-based decision-making

N Frantzeskaki, T McPhearson, MJ Collier… - …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Nature-based solutions offer an exciting prospect for resilience building and advancing
urban planning to address complex urban challenges simultaneously. In this article, we …

Usage of urban green space and related feelings of deprivation during the COVID-19 lockdown: Lessons learned from an Italian case study

F Ugolini, L Massetti, D Pearlmutter, G Sanesi - Land use policy, 2021 - Elsevier
This study investigated perceptions and behavioral patterns related to urban green space
(UGS) in Italian cities, during the period of national lockdown imposed due to the outbreak of …

Nature-based solutions for resilient landscapes and cities

R Lafortezza, J Chen, CK Van Den Bosch… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Nature-based solutions (NBS) are increasingly applied to guide the design of resilient
landscapes and cities to enable them to reach economic development goals with beneficial …

Nature-based solutions in the urban context: Terminology, classification and scoring for urban challenges and ecosystem services

JAC Castellar, LA Popartan, J Pueyo-Ros… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The concept of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) has emerged to foster sustainable
development by transversally addressing social, economic, and environmental urban …

Stay home, stay safe, stay green: The role of gardening activities on mental health during the Covid-19 home confinement

A Theodorou, A Panno, G Carrus, GA Carbone… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2021 - Elsevier
Social distancing and home confinement during the first wave of Covid-19 have been
essential to hel** governments to flatten the infection curve but raised concerns on …

Analytical approaches to testing pathways linking greenspace to health: A sco** review of the empirical literature

AM Dzhambov, MHEM Browning, I Markevych… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Inadequate translation from theoretical to statistical models of the greenspace–
health relationship may lead to incorrect conclusions about the importance of some …

Urban greenery and mental wellbeing in adults: Cross-sectional mediation analyses on multiple pathways across different greenery measures

R Wang, M Helbich, Y Yao, J Zhang, P Liu, Y Yuan… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Multiple mechanisms have been proposed to explain how greenery in the
vicinity of people's homes enhances their mental health and wellbeing. Mediation studies …

The European Union roadmap for implementing nature-based solutions: A review

C Davies, WY Chen, G Sanesi, R Lafortezza - Environmental Science & …, 2021 - Elsevier
The present paper traces a chronological history, or roadmap, of the documentation
produced by the European Union (EU) to promote and implement nature-based solutions …