Urban greenness and mortality in Canada's largest cities: a national cohort study
Dan L. Crouse,Lauren Pinault,Adele Balram,Perry Hystad,Paul A. Peters,Hong Chen,Aaron van Donkelaar,Randall V. Martin,Randall V. Martin,Richard Ménard,Alain Robichaud,Paul J. Villeneuve +11 more
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Increased amounts of residential greenness were associated with reduced risks of dying from several common causes of death among urban Canadians, and evidence of inequalities was identified in terms of exposures to greenness and mortality risks.About:
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Urban Green Space and Its Impact on Human Health
TL;DR: A systematic review of published literature found consistent negative association between urban green space exposure and mortality, heart rate, and violence, and positive association with attention, mood, and physical activity in urban settings.
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A Review of Epidemiologic Studies on Greenness and Health: Updated Literature Through 2017.
TL;DR: Future research should incorporate information on specific species and some qualities of natural greenness that might drive health outcomes, integrate exposure assessments that incorporate personal mobility into analyses, and include prospective designs to add to the growing evidence that nature exposure positively affects health.
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Green spaces and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies
TL;DR: Evidence of an inverse association between surrounding greenness and all-cause mortality is found, and interventions to increase and manage green spaces should therefore be considered as a strategic public health intervention.
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The nexus between air pollution, green infrastructure and human health.
Prashant Kumar,Prashant Kumar,Angela Druckman,John Gallagher,Birgitta Gatersleben,Sarah J. Allison,Theodore S. Eisenman,Uy Hoang,Sarkawt Hama,Arvind Kumar Tiwari,Ashish Sharma,K.V. Abhijith,Deepti Adlakha,Aonghus McNabola,Thomas Astell-Burt,Xiaoqi Feng,Anne C. Skeldon,Simon de Lusignan,Lidia Morawska +18 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that urban vegetation can facilitate broad health benefits, but there is little empirical evidence linking these benefits to air pollution reduction by urban vegetation, and appreciable efforts are needed to establish the underlying policies, design and engineering guidelines governing its deployment.
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Changing the urban design of cities for health: The superblock model
Natalie Mueller,David Rojas-Rueda,Haneen Khreis,Marta Cirach,David Andres,Joan Ballester,Xavier Bartoll,Carolyn Daher,Anna Deluca,Cynthia Echave,Carles Milà,Sandra Marquez,Joan Palou,Katherine Pérez,Cathryn Tonne,Mark Stevenson,Salvador Rueda,Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen +17 more
TL;DR: The Barcelona Superblocks were estimated to help reduce harmful environmental exposures while simultaneously increase PA levels and access to green space, and thereby provide substantial health benefits, and are expected for other cities that face similar challenges of environmental pollution, climate change vulnerability and low PA levels.
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Monitoring vegetation systems in the great plains with ERTS
TL;DR: In this article, a method has been developed for quantitative measurement of vegetation conditions over broad regions using ERTS-1 spectral bands 5 and 7, corrected for sun angle, which is shown to be correlated with aboveground green biomass on rangelands.
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