Nature-based Pathways to Health Promotion: The Value of Parks and Greenspace

Larson, Lincoln R.; Hipp, J. Aaron

doi:10.18043/ncm.83.2.99

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“…Social ties among individuals, neighbors, and members of groups are important to wellbeing (Chiesura 2004). Greenspaces provide places for people to meet and develop social connections (Larson and Hipp 2022). Social cohesion is defined as the ties that bind humans together in society and have a large bearing on individual wellbeing and the wellbeing of the larger community (Poortinga 2006).…”

Section: Social Wellbeingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cultural Greenspaces: Synthesizing Knowledge and Experience in Nova Scotia’s African-Canadian Communities through Participatory Research and SoftGIS

leBrasseur

2022

Social Sciences

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Greenspaces are integral components of communities and provide numerous benefits. However, human development threatens these spaces, particularly in communities of color where histories of racial injustice persist and environmental vulnerabilities remain. A step towards preventing the loss of important cultural greenspaces is documenting knowledge and experience. This research employed community-based participatory techniques to study the relationship between the landscape and African-Canadian communities around Preston, Nova Scotia, the oldest and largest in Canada. Community-directed meetings created collaborative-based knowledge about perceptions surrounding land use change while identifying valued greenspaces. This paper studies the relationships between the community’s greenspaces and the benefits to psychological, social, and physical aspects of human wellbeing. This relationship is operationalized through the use of a public participation geographic information system (PPGIS), SoftGIS, which activates the greenspace–human wellbeing relationship through interaction and its map-based survey data collection. Results indicate residents predominately visited greenspaces near a church or community center for social wellbeing benefits to interact with neighbors and friends, to cookout, or to bring children outside. This research contributes to a greater understanding of the Preston area’s greenspace identification and qualification, resident behavior, and cultural perspectives to inform strategies and goals for engaging government agencies surrounding policy and land use planning. This research illustrates frameworks for improving building capacity and promoting racial equity within the urbanization process in other communities.

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Section: Social Wellbeingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cultural Greenspaces: Synthesizing Knowledge and Experience in Nova Scotia’s African-Canadian Communities through Participatory Research and SoftGIS

leBrasseur

2022

Social Sciences

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“…Lincoln Larson of North Carolina State University writes about the health benefits of spending time outdoors and the impact of greenspace. He recommends the medical community further embrace nature-based interventions, from discussing how to access local parks with patients to engaging with community efforts to make greenspace more accessible [4]. He also suggests further research to confirm that nature prescriptions specifically lead to better health outcomes.…”

Section: Environmentmentioning

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Achieving Healthy NC 2030 Goals: Physical Environment

Phillips¹

2022

North Carolina Medical Journal

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“…UGSs provide places for people to meet and develop social connections (Larson and Hipp, 2022). A study by Maas et al (2009) found that less UGS in the environment coincided with feelings of loneliness and with a perceived decrease in social support.…”

Section: The Influences Of Greenspace Upon Human Wellbeingmentioning

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Linking human wellbeing and urban greenspaces: Applying the SoftGIS tool for analyzing human wellbeing interaction in Helsinki, Finland

leBrasseur

2022

Front. Environ. Sci.

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This article reviews a study into the relationships between greenspaces and the benefits to psychological, social, and physical aspects of human wellbeing achieved through interaction in the Helsinki urban region in Finland. This relationship is theorized, analyzed, and measured through the transactional paradigm of affordance theory and is operationalized through the use of a public participation geographic information system (PPGIS) questionnaire, SoftGIS, which activated the urban greenspace–human wellbeing interaction through its map-based data collection. Over 1800 unique place–based relationships were statistically analyzed. Findings revealed that Helsinki’s greenspaces provided, overall, mostly physical and social wellbeing benefits; the psychological benefits such as reduction in stress and mental relaxation were not as frequent in these urban greenspace interactions. The results indicate multiple aspects of human wellbeing are supported by interaction with urban greenspaces of varying characteristics within the region but the urban greenspaces which provided the most human wellbeing benefits included large size, woodland typology, moderately maintained with loose or ‘wild’ vegetation, and few amenities such as benches and structures. The study’s implications include urban planning, public policy, and human health as well as insight into the multifunctional design and strategic management of greenspaces in urbanizing regions to provide continued and improved ecosystem services and benefits to humans and nature.

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Nature-based Pathways to Health Promotion: The Value of Parks and Greenspace

Cited by 12 publications

References 40 publications

Cultural Greenspaces: Synthesizing Knowledge and Experience in Nova Scotia’s African-Canadian Communities through Participatory Research and SoftGIS

Cultural Greenspaces: Synthesizing Knowledge and Experience in Nova Scotia’s African-Canadian Communities through Participatory Research and SoftGIS

Achieving Healthy NC 2030 Goals: Physical Environment

Linking human wellbeing and urban greenspaces: Applying the SoftGIS tool for analyzing human wellbeing interaction in Helsinki, Finland

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