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Effect of exposure to natural environment on health inequalities: an observational population study
Richard Mitchell,Frank Popham +1 more
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The association between income deprivation and mortality differed significantly across the groups of exposure to green space for mortality from all causes and circulatory disease, but not from lung cancer or intentional self-harm, which suggests physical environments that promote good health might be important to reduce socioeconomic health inequalities.About:
This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2008-11-08. It has received 1540 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Health equity & Population.read more
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Nature and Health
TL;DR: This work focuses on nature as represented by aspects of the physical environment relevant to planning, design, and policy measures that serve broad segments of urbanized societies and considers research on pathways between nature and health involving air quality, physical activity, social cohesion, and stress reduction.
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A systematic review of evidence for the added benefits to health of exposure to natural environments
TL;DR: It is suggestive that natural environments may have direct and positive impacts on well-being, but support the need for investment in further research on this question to understand the general significance for public health.
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Scaling up from gardens: biodiversity conservation in urban environments
TL;DR: In this article, the authors suggest mechanisms for encouraging "wildlife-friendly" management of collections of gardens across scales from the neighbourhood to the city, where the individual garden is much smaller than the unit of management needed to retain viable populations.
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Exploring pathways linking greenspace to health: Theoretical and methodological guidance.
Iana Markevych,Julia Schoierer,Terry Hartig,Alexandra Chudnovsky,Perry Hystad,Angel M. Dzhambov,Sjerp de Vries,Margarita Triguero-Mas,Michael Brauer,Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen,Gerd Lupp,Elizabeth A. Richardson,Thomas Astell-Burt,Donka D. Dimitrova,Xiaoqi Feng,Maya Sadeh,Marie Standl,Joachim Heinrich,Elaine Fuertes +18 more
TL;DR: In this article, potential pathways linking greenspace to health are presented in three domains, which emphasize three general functions of greenspace: reducing harm (e.g., reducing exposure to air pollution, noise and heat), restoring capacities (i.e., attention restoration and physiological stress recovery), and encouraging physical activity and facilitating social cohesion). Interrelations between among the three domains are also noted.
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The health benefits of urban green spaces: a review of the evidence
Andrew Lee,Ravi Maheswaran +1 more
TL;DR: Most studies reported findings that generally supported the view that green space have a beneficial health effect, and Simplistic urban interventions may therefore fail to address the underlying determinants of urban health that are not remediable by landscape redesign.
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