Do green areas affect health? Results from a Danish survey on the use of green areas and health indicators.

By Thomas Alexander Sick Nielsen, K. Hansen. Health and Place, 2007

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Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Plant Science

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The relationship of physical activity and overweight to objectively measured green space accessibility and use (2010, background): “For example, Potwarka, Kaczynski, and Flack (2008) found no relationship between proximity to parks and overweight in Canadian children, while Nielsen and Hansen (2007) identified a significant association for Danish adults.”
A Look at the Ecotherapy Research Evidence (2009, positive): “Horticultural (or gardening) therapy’s tending of this goal, for the most part without words, has proved effective for curtailing stress and obesity (Nielsen & Hansen, 2006); treating alcohol addiction (Benson, 1996) and substance abuse (Cornille, Rohrer, Phillips, & Mosier, 1987); decreasing…”
Exploring potential mechanisms involved in the relationship between eudaimonic wellbeing and nature connection (2017, positive): “…2003; Van den Berg, Maas, Verheij, & Groenewegen, 2010), as well as reduced morbidity, mortality, stress, obesity and cardiovascular and respiratory disease (James, Hart, Banay, & Laden, 2016; Maas et al., 2009; Nielsen & Hansen, 2007; E. Richardson, Pearce, Mitchell, Day, & Kingham, 2010).”
Morbidity is related to a green living environment (2009, background): “6 Experimental studies showed that there is a positive relation between green space and restoration from stress and mental fatigue.”
Allotment gardening and health: a comparative survey among allotment gardeners and their neighbors without an allotment (2010, background): “Health complaints [0-37] 4.”
Using the Concepts of Green Infrastructure and Ecosystem Services to Specify Leitbilder for Compact and Green Cities—The Example of the Landscape Plan of Dresden (Germany) (2017, background): “Clearly, the ecosystem benefits for the mental and physical health of residents are maximized when urban green areas are located at short distances from local housing [11,12].”