Self-reported well-being and the importance of green spaces – A comparison of garden owners and non-garden owners in times of COVID-19

Lehberger, Mira; Kleih, Anne-Katrin; Sparke, Kai

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2021.104108

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“…Among these residents, almost half spent their nature contact time in their private garden (47.7%). Lehberger et al (2021) also reported that garden owners spent more time in nature and in their garden specifically during the lockdown than non-garden owners. Ugolini et al (2021; identified that the decline in visiting outdoor natural areas was observed most prominently for urban parks under lockdown; meanwhile, visits to smaller gardens near the home (< 200m) increased during lockdowns.…”

Section: Opportunities For Nature Exposurementioning

confidence: 95%

“…While most of the research on nature contact during COVID-19 considered public outdoor nature exposures, some studies also examined private gardens and indoor plants. In particular, private gardens have been considered as one of the key elements of nature exposure during the COVID-19 lockdown (Lehberger et al, 2021;Corley et al, 2021;Ugolini et al, 2021). This is partly because, during lockdowns, having a private garden provided opportunities to experience nature while staying at home (Corley et al, 2021;Poortinga et al, 2021).…”

Section: Types Of Exposurementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Nature exposure and mental health associations included evidence that linked nature exposure to reduced depression (Dzhambov et al, 2020;Amerio et al 2020;Soga et al, 2020;Pouso et al, 2021), stress (Ribeiro et al, 2021;Cindrich et al, 2021;Gola et al, 2021), anxiety (Sapano et al, 2021;Dzhambov et al, 2020;Pouso et al, 2021), loneliness (Soga et al, 2020), and increased positive emotions (Lades et al, 2020;Rodríguez-González et al, 2020) and general mental health and wellbeing (Robinson et al, 2021;Lehberger et al, 2021;Stieger et al, 2021) (Table 2). The direction, and consistency of relations varied by types of nature exposure; in particular, a view of nature (e.g., window view green) consistently showed stronger associations with lower depression, stress and anxiety level (Pouso et al, 2021;Soga et al, 2020;Sapano et al, 2021;Ribeiro et al, 2021) than neighborhood-level measures of nature accessibility or availability (Poortinga et al 2021;Cheng et al, 2021 2).…”

Section: Mental Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The direction, and consistency of relations varied by types of nature exposure; in particular, a view of nature (e.g., window view green) consistently showed stronger associations with lower depression, stress and anxiety level (Pouso et al, 2021;Soga et al, 2020;Sapano et al, 2021;Ribeiro et al, 2021) than neighborhood-level measures of nature accessibility or availability (Poortinga et al 2021;Cheng et al, 2021 2). Nature contact in terms of increased duration and frequency of outdoor nature visits was associated with increased emotional and mental wellbeing (Lades et al, 2020;Lehberger et al, 2021;Cindrich et al, 2021;Browning et al, 2021).…”

Section: Mental Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Other studies indicated that increased garden usage and gardening activities were associated with improved mental wellbeing, lowered negative emotions, lowered anxiety, and less boredom during lockdown (Lades et al, 2020, Sapano et al, 2021Corley et al, 2021;Gola et al, 2021;Dzhambov et al, 2020). Additionally, Lehberger et al (2021) identified that garden owners had higher levels of mental wellbeing than nongarden owners.…”

Section: Mental Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Nature’s contributions in coping with a pandemic in the 21st century: A narrative review of evidence during COVID-19

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While COVID-19 lockdowns have slowed coronavirus transmission, such structural measures also have unintended consequences on mental and physical health. Growing evidence shows that exposure to the natural environment (e.g., blue-green spaces) can improve human health and wellbeing. In this narrative review, we synthesized the evidence about nature’s contributions to health and wellbeing during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. We found that during lockdowns, people experienced multiple types of nature, including both outdoors and indoors. Frequency of visits to outdoor natural areas (i.e., public parks) depended on lockdown severity and socio-cultural contexts. Other forms of nature exposure, such as spending time in private gardens and viewing outdoor greenery from windows, may have increased. The majority of the evidence suggests nature exposure during lockdowns was associated with less depression, anxiety, stress, and more happiness and life satisfaction. Additionally, nature exposure was correlated with less physical inactivity and fewer sleep disturbances. Evidence was mixed regarding associations between nature exposure and COVID-related health outcomes, while nature visits might be associated with greater rates of COVID-19 transmission and mortality when proper social distancing measures were not maintained. Findings on whether nature exposure during lockdowns helped ameliorate health inequities by, for example, impacting the health of lower-socioeconomic populations more than their higher-socioeconomic counterparts, were mixed. Based on these findings, we argue that nature exposure may have buffered the negative mental and behavioral impacts of lockdowns during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Recovery and resilience during the current and future public health crises might be improved with nature-based solutions, interventions, designs, and governance.

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Section: Opportunities For Nature Exposurementioning

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Creating a university evolution garden: An integrated learning approach for teaching land plant evolution

Elliott-Kingston

Haines

Stewart

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Solutions to many of society's major challenges currently relate to plants, for example, feeding a growing global population, reducing crop water use, minimising pesticide use, and mitigating climate change, to name just a few. Solving global challenges requires high-calibre plant science graduates with a fundamental understanding of plant evolution and the impacts of past climate change on extinction and speciation events, along with the knowledge required for sustainable global plant production, especially for food, under current and future climate change. Equipping these graduates for the future is a responsibility of university educators who must adopt innovative education methods to achieve this challenging goal.

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The call of the green: The role of green spaces in residential relocations across the life course in Germany

Dovbischuk,

Kley

2024

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Research on the benefits of green living environments in urban settings has gained attention, but comprehensive comparisons across life course phases remain scarce. Furthermore, the importance of green spaces in the context of residential relocations has been underexplored. This study addresses this research gap by testing hypotheses derived from a general theory of well‐being generation and a three‐stage migration model, using data from a two‐wave population survey with 1856 randomly selected respondents in two major German cities. The results show that private, shared, and neighbourhood green spaces are relevant at the very beginning of relocation decision‐making processes, when individuals form their moving intentions. Private gardens deter families from considering and planning relocation, shared green yards have a similar effect across all subgroups, and satisfaction with the availability of green spaces in the neighbourhood decreases the probability of families and older adults considering and planning relocations. Our study highlights the importance of subjective assessments of neighbourhood green spaces, which have a more pronounced impact on forming relocation intentions compared to objective geocoded data. When estimating relocation behaviour in the second study wave, it appears that neither private nor public green spaces seem to have an influence. Recognizing the relevance of green spaces in residential relocations requires considering the longitudinal nature of the decision‐making process.

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Self-reported well-being and the importance of green spaces – A comparison of garden owners and non-garden owners in times of COVID-19

Cited by 70 publications

References 35 publications

Nature’s contributions in coping with a pandemic in the 21st century: A narrative review of evidence during COVID-19

Nature’s contributions in coping with a pandemic in the 21st century: A narrative review of evidence during COVID-19

Creating a university evolution garden: An integrated learning approach for teaching land plant evolution

The call of the green: The role of green spaces in residential relocations across the life course in Germany

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