A greener urban environment: Designing green infrastructure interventions to promote citizens’ subjective wellbeing

Navarrete‐Hernandez, Pablo; Laffan, Kate

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2019.103618

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“…In North America, three studies belong to the USA (Holt et al, 2019 ; Larson et al, 2016 ; Tsai et al, 2018 ) and one from Mexico (Ayala-Azcárraga et al, 2019 ). In South America, one study belongs to Colombia (Scopelliti et al, 2016 ) and Chile (Navarrete & Laffan, 2019 ). In the Australian continent, three studies belong to Australia (Mavoa et al, 2019 ; Schebella et al, 2019 ; Wood et al, 2017 ) and two from New Zealand (Nutsford et al, 2013 ; Taylor et al, 2018 ).…”

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“…Subjective well-being and all types of green landscapes are positively associated with human feelings and happiness. The interaction of greenery improves positive feelings and boosts a natural way of living (Navarrete-Hernandez & Laffan, 2019 ). Urban green spaces serve humans in various ways by providing clean air for breathing, reducing noise, enhancing socio-economic and environmental functions, and regulating the local climate (Dong & Hauschild, 2017 ).…”

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Assessing the role of urban green spaces for human well-being: a systematic review

2021

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Human has been evolving in a natural environment over a long time; thus, he is habitual to adapt it. Green spaces are obligatory landscapes in an urban structure that provide a natural environment and accelerate other life events. In contrast, unplanned urbanization, and conversion from green to grey structures have damaged natural environmental resources. Studies through different angles have highlighted the importance of urban green spaces for human well-being but now need to identify their role according to the potential. The demands of urban green spaces may differ with the change of population size, types of grey structure, urban expansion, the altitude of the place, and geographical location. Therefore, this systematic review aims to analyse the significance of urban green spaces for human wellbeing. The study opted for a systematic process during the selection and organization of studies for this review. After analysing, 46 studies were finalized with the consensus of three review authors. Accordingly, literature was analysed under the central theme of ''Urban Green Spaces for Human Well-being.'' Human Well-being was assessed under six subthemes; physical, psychological, mental, social, subjective, and environmental well-being. The review concluded that urban green spaces are the primary pillar for a sustainable urban place and human wellbeing due to highly positive and positive correlations. Moreover, the study did not find any demarcation line between green spaces and grey structures according to any specific need. Therefore, the study suggested that the role of urban green spaces for human well-being should be analysed according to their potential and required optimal ratio under different communities' urban specific environments and social behaviour.Keywords Urban green spaces Á Human well-being Á Environmental sustainability Á Social behaviour Introduction Urban Green Space is a sum of green paved, open and burial places, sports grounds, private gardens, formal and informal green forests, road verges, derelict land, and horticulture within a city (Duan et al., 2018;Wang & Akbari, 2016). Human life exists on the earth due to its suitable natural environment and other living

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Assessing the role of urban green spaces for human well-being: a systematic review

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“…Analogous results were obtained for Luo [77] and Huang [78]. According to the characteristics of different cities, urban managers should maintain and repair the urban natural ecosystem, strengthen the guarantee of ecological environment quality, expand the ecological space, such as urban green space and water area, construct ecological corridor, and form a complete ecological network of urban green space, wetland and cultivated land [79,80].…”

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Identification and Prediction of Wetland Ecological Risk in Key Cities of the Yangtze River Economic Belt: From the Perspective of Land Development

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Rapid urbanization aggravates the degradation of wetland function. However, few studies have quantitatively analyzed and predicted the comprehensive impacts of different scenarios and types of human activities on wetland ecosystems from the perspective of land development. Combined with the Habitat Risk Assessment (HRA) model and the Cellular Automata (Ca)-Markov model, this study quantitatively measured the impact intensity and spatial distribution of different types of human activities on the wetland ecosystem in 2015, simulated and predicted the ecological pressure on the wetland in 2030, and identified the ecological risk hotspots of the Yangtze River waterfront along the upper, middle, and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Economic Belt. The results showed that the ecological risk of wetlands in the study area was low in the urban core and high in the suburbs. Construction activities posed a greater risk to wetlands. The intensity of human activities in the ecological protection scenario will be significantly lower than that in the natural development scenario in 2030. The waterfront in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River will face more ecological risks. The results of the study can provide theoretical and technical support for wetland conservation policy formulation and waterfront development in the Yangtze River Economic Belt.

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“…Other studies also define the other health benefits of exercise environments (Wade et al, 2020) that could enrich both the indoor and outdoor environment. Similarly, the exposure to natural environments has shown significant health benefits (Hartig et al, 2014;Li, 2010;McMahan & Estes, 2015;Park et al, 2010;Wade et al, 2020), such as the outdoor environments from the perspective of biophilia and biophilic design, which promote human health and wellbeing (Bell et al, 2014(Bell et al, , 2018Birch et al, 2020;Bragg & Leck, 2017;Cheshmehzangi & Xie, 2017;De Vries et al, 2003;Gillis & Gatersleben, 2015;Kaplan, 1995;Navarrete-Hernandez & Laffan, 2019;Xue et al, 2019), which are also studied for indoor environments. Better air quality, more daylight, and better airflow are also important factors to help improving social stress (Clougherty & Kubzansky, 2009) and creating healthy indoor environments (Aries et al, 2015).…”

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Housing and health evaluation related to general comfort and indoor thermal comfort satisfaction during the COVID-19 lockdown

Cheshmehzangi

2020

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

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A greener urban environment: Designing green infrastructure interventions to promote citizens’ subjective wellbeing

Cited by 78 publications

References 57 publications

Assessing the role of urban green spaces for human well-being: a systematic review

Assessing the role of urban green spaces for human well-being: a systematic review

Identification and Prediction of Wetland Ecological Risk in Key Cities of the Yangtze River Economic Belt: From the Perspective of Land Development

Housing and health evaluation related to general comfort and indoor thermal comfort satisfaction during the COVID-19 lockdown

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