Effect of exposure to natural environment on health inequalities: an observational population study.

By Richard Mitchell, F. Popham. The Lancet, 2008

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The Restorative Environment: A Complementary Concept for Salutogenesis Studies (2017, background): “…the concern for the relative restorative qualities of natural versus urban environments, as with studies of self-reported health or different causes of mortality in relationship to green space near the residence (e.g., De Vries, Verheij, Groenewegen, & Spreeuwenberg, 2003; Mitchell & Popham, 2008).”
What are the Benefits of Interacting with Nature? (2013, background): “For example, evidence that living in close proximity to green spaces delivers health benefits [24] could be used to design landscapes with broader societal benefits such as reductions in health spending [18] or crime rates [25].”
Humans and Nature: How Knowing and Experiencing Nature Affect Well-Being (2013, background): “differences in morbidity rates are highly correlated with socioeconomic factors, proximity of homes to green space may lessen these differences through the provision of exercise and stress reduction opportunities in populations potentially less inclined or less able to engage in such activities (43)”
Nature and health. (2014, background): “Research in the field accordingly represents health in many ways, not only with regard to forms of morbidity (86), causes of mortality (94), and longevity (119) but also with regard to self-reported health (26) and diverse intermediate outcomes involving different pathways, such as beneficial change”
Seeing Community for the Trees: The Links among Contact with Natural Environments, Community Cohesion, and Crime (2015, background): “These health benefits are robust enough that living in natural environments may reduce mortality risk and reduce socioeconomic inequalities (Mitchell and Popham 2008).”
Residential green spaces and mortality: A systematic review. (2016, methodology): “Finally, none of the studies found associations between residential greenness and lung cancer mortality (Mitchell and Popham, 2008; Richardson and Mitchell, 2010; Richardson et al., 2010, 2012).”
Happiness is greater in natural environments (2013, background): “Observational studies have related averaged wellbeing measures to aggregate environmental characteristics between geographical regions (e.g. Mitchell & Popham, 2007, 2008, Vemuri & Costanza, 2006, Engelbrecht, 2009).”
Activity, exercise and the planning and design of outdoor spaces (2013, background): “…2007; Saelens et al., 2003) and (2) the influence of green or natural spaces on health more generally, including physical activity (Bedimo-Rung, Mowen, & Cohen, 2005; Croucher, Myers, & Bretherton, 2007; Ellaway, Macintyre, & Bonnefoy, 2005; Mitchell & Popham, 2007, 2008; Ward Thompson, 2010a).”
Cooperation is in our nature: Nature exposure may promote cooperative and environmentally sustainable behavior (2015, positive): “Such findings, combined with nature's salubrious effect on socioeconomic health disparities (Mitchell & Popham, 2008), suggest that societies might consider investing more in nature.”
Psychological restoration in urban gardens related to garden type, biodiversity and garden-related stress (2020, background): “A wealth of studies gives empirical evidence of positive effects of nature contact on mental health, stress reduction and attention restoration (e.g. Alcock, Depledge, Fleming, Wheeler, & White, 2014, Ward Thompson et al., 2012, Mitchell & Popham, 2008).”
Associations between Nature Exposure and Health: A Review of the Evidence (2021, background): “Participants living in areas with lower greenness have higher levels of mortality following a stroke [87], higher cardiovascular disease mortality [88,89], and higher coronary heart disease [90].”