scholarly journals Integrating Grey and Green Infrastructure to Improve the Health and Well-being of Urban Populations

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erika Svendsen ◽  
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Mary E. Northridge ◽  
Sara S. Metcalf
Keyword(s):  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Urban Populations ◽  
Health And Well Being

scholarly journals An Update of the Literature Supporting the Well-Being Benefits of Plants: Part 4 – Available Resources and Usage of Plant Benefits Information

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-72
Author(s):  
Charles R. Hall ◽  
Melinda J. Knuth
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Biophilic Design ◽  
Elasticity Of Demand ◽  
Green Industry ◽  
Key Resources ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
Marketing Messages

Abstract This paper provides an overview of the key resources available to green industry firms that provide evidence of the health and well-being benefits associated with plants and improved landscaped areas and how they influence the physiological, psychological, cognitive, and social well-being constructs affecting quality of life. These benefits may persuade reluctant residential homeowners to purchase plants and improve their landscapes, may aid municipal leaders and policymakers in justifying green infrastructure-related funding decisions, and may provide grounds for the construction industry for using biophilic design principles to ensure the built environment offers opportunities for green space interactions. In this way, the green industry can play a pivotal role not only in providing plants of high quality for these applications, but in educating stakeholders regarding the benefits discussed herein. This research should also be strategically incorporated into both industry-wide and firm-specific marketing messages that highlight the quality of life value proposition in order to maintain the industry's sense of value and relevance to residential landscape consumers of the future. If done correctly, the demand for green industry products and services may be affected positively. Index words: benefits of plants, information resources, elasticity of demand.

scholarly journals The Usage and Perception of Pedestrian and Cycling Streets on Residents’ Well-being in Kalamaria, Greece

Land ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Panagopoulos ◽  
Stilianos Tampakis ◽  
Paraskevi Karanikola ◽  
Aikaterini Karipidou-Kanari ◽  
Apostolos Kantartzis
Keyword(s):  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Social Space ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Planning Framework ◽  
Satisfaction Rates ◽  
Health And Well Being

Pedestrian zones are public spaces intended for the continued and safe mobility of pedestrians and people with disabilities, and they provide multiple benefits to urban areas. They counterbalance the densely built-up areas, decrease atmospheric pollution, increase available green or social space, increase walking and cycling rates, and facilitate active play for children. Done properly, pedestrianization may also increase local business sales. Greece boasts open public spaces and the pedestrianization of common roads. The economic crisis that Greece has been experiencing since 2008 has led people to give up their vehicles and use the pedestrian streets more frequently. The purpose of this paper was to investigate residents’ perceptions and satisfaction rates concerning the pedestrian streets of Kalamaria, Greece, and evaluate their importance for residents’ well-being. Following a random sampling method, 400 residents were interviewed. A two-step cluster analysis was conducted. The survey showed that the urban residents visited pedestrian zones in Kalamaria at least once a week, and the visits lasted 46–60 min. The improvement of urban landscape aesthetics and people’s health and well-being were evaluated as important functions of pedestrian zones. The results also indicate that residents were not satisfied with their quality of life and the existing green infrastructures of the pedestrian streets, even though they have a positive disposition toward the construction or transformation of pedestrian streets. The residents expressed their unwillingness to pay more public taxes for the construction and maintenance of pedestrian and cycling streets. The safety and convenience of the mobility of residents were the most important advantages of the pedestrian streets. Meanwhile, overspill parking and difficulties with finding parking spaces were the main disadvantages for the residents. Local authorities can use the results of the present survey to manage the city’s green infrastructure and use this information in the urban planning framework.

scholarly journals Data on Peer-Reviewed Papers about Green Infrastructure, Urban Nature, and City Liveability

Data ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Greg D. Simpson ◽  
Jackie Parker
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
English Language ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Academic Publishing ◽  
Public Parks ◽  
Urban Nature ◽  
Visitor Satisfaction ◽  
Publishing Houses ◽  
Health And Well Being

This data descriptor summarizes the process applied and data gathered from the contents of 87 peer-reviewed papers/sources reporting on the contribution of public green infrastructure (PGI), in the form of public parks and urban nature spaces, in the context of city liveability and general human health and well-being. These papers were collected in a systematic literature review that informed the design of a questionnaire-based survey of PGI users in Perth, Western Australia. The survey explored visitor satisfaction with the amenities and facilities of the PGI space, and perceptions of the importance of such spaces for city liveability. Papers were sourced by searching over 15,000 databases, including all the major English language academic publishing houses, using the ProQuest Summon® service. Only English language peer-reviewed papers/editorial thought pieces/book chapters that were published since 2000 with the full text available online were considered for this review. The primary search, conducted in December 2016, identified 71 papers, and a supplementary search undertaken in June 2018 identified a further 16 papers that had become discoverable online after the completion of the initial search.

scholarly journals Bringing Fronts Back: A Research Agenda to Investigate the Health and Well-Being Impacts of Front Gardens

Challenges ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauriane Suyin Chalmin-Pui ◽  
Alistair Griffiths ◽  
Jenny J. Roe ◽  
Ross W. F. Cameron
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Central Research ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Intervention Trials ◽  
Future Work ◽  
Health And Well Being

This perspective article proposes an agenda to investigate the impacts of front gardens (yards) on health and well-being. As front gardens are increasingly being paved over, significant ecological benefits will be lost. In addition, urban green infrastructure has a measurable role to play in addressing major public health issues related to mental health, chronic stress, inflammatory, and cardiovascular diseases. The social value of front gardens remains un-quantified. Future research can contribute to assessing the psycho-socio-cultural value of front gardens, and fostering healthy environments for people to live, work, and play in. A better understanding of the health impacts of front gardens can provide a relatable argument to protect permeable surfaces and spaces for nature, as well as to discourage the general public from paving over their front gardens. We propose eight central research questions to be addressed in future work, and elaborate on further variables, lines of inquiry, and suggested intervention trials and observational studies. Potential research findings will have implications for decision-making in fields of horticulture, landscape architecture, urban planning, and public health.

Latin America and the environmental health movement

2018 ◽  
pp. 280-284
Author(s):  
Ana Faggi ◽  
Sylvie Nail ◽  
Carolina C. Sgobaro Zanette ◽  
Germán Tovar Corzo
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Urban Revitalization ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
Respiratory Problems ◽  
American Cities ◽  
Environmental Inequalities ◽  
Health And Well Being

Although Latin American cities, on the whole, suffer from haphazard urbanism and environmental inequalities, concern around public health and nature has begun to emerge. Different ongoing initiatives relating to the ecosystem services of urban green attempt, among other things, to mitigate the effects of air pollution on respiratory problems. Green infrastructure across the subcontinent today offers opportunities—and represents challenges—for the implementation of policies promoting health and well-being which are emblematic of the urban revitalization process. This chapter shows some ongoing trends from Bogotá, Buenos Aires, and Curitiba, three representative cities in the region, that reflect the role of green spaces for the health and well-being of urban-dwellers in Latin American cities.

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