Psychosocial Outcomes as Motivations for Visiting Nearby Urban Green Spaces

By R. Home, M. Hunziker, N. Bauer. 2012

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Engaging with Natural Beauty May Be Related to Well-Being Because It Connects People to Nature: Evidence from Three Cultures (2017, unknown): “Positioning the buffering of negative states as a lesser benefit of connecting with nature is also inconsistent with some of the most common reasons people give for why they seek nature contact (e.g., to escape from stressors; Home, Hunziker, & Bauer, 2012).”
Nature Contact and Human Health: A Research Agenda (2017, background): “…found that living in greener neighborhoods (de Vries et al. 2013; Holtan et al. 2015; Kemperman and Timmermans 2014) and using parks (Broyles et al. 2011; Home et al. 2012; Ka zmierczak 2013) are associated with greater social cohesion, with the strength and extent of social networks, or with both.”
Nature and health. (2014, background): “Escape from physical and social stressors has long been described as an important motive for recreation in natural areas (58, 72).”