Natural Environments—Healthy Environments? An Exploratory Analysis of the Relationship between Greenspace and Health

By S. de Vries, Robert A. Verheij, Peter P. Groenewegen, P. Spreeuwenberg. 2003

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Subfields: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Plant Science, Speech and Hearing

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Response of arthropod species richness and functional groups to urban habitat structure and management (2010, background): “Contact with nature contributes to human health (de Vries et al. 2003) and general human well being (Fuller et al. 2007).”
Mainstreaming ecosystem services into EU policy (2013, background): “The magnitude of estimates provided by the case studies proved that such value may easily be in a range of billions of euros, and may increase if the avoided cost for health care due to recreation restorative and stress reduction capacity is included [40–43].”
Perception and preference of trees: A psychological contribution to tree species selection in urban areas (2016, background): “E-mail address: tina.gerstenberg@tu-dresden.de (T. Gerstenberg). a better health (De Vries et al., 2003; Maas et al., 2006; Mitchell and Popham, 2007) and have a lower actual prevalence rate of specific diseases, such as depression and anxiety disorder, than people living in less green environments…”
Social contacts as a possible mechanism behind the relation between green space and health. (2009, methodology): “We used three global health indicators that have shown to be positively related with the amount of green space in the living environment in a study by De Vries et al. (2003): 1.”
Ecological and Psychological Value of Urban Green Space (2010, background): “Having a view over gardens has been shown to increase residents’ satisfaction with the community and to contribute to neighbourhood satisfaction (Kaplan, 1985, 2001), and having physical access to a garden positively influences selfreported health (Macintyre et al., 2003; de Vries et al., 2003 ).”
Allotment gardening and health: a comparative survey among allotment gardeners and their neighbors without an allotment (2010, background): “Health complaints [0-37] 4.”
Residential Mobility and Neighbourhood Outcomes (2006, background): “The amount of greenspace in their living environment also affects (self-reported) health in a positive way in the Netherlands (De Vries et al., 2003).”