Toward improved public health outcomes from urban nature

D.F. Shanahan, B.B. Lin, R. Bush, K.J. Gaston, J.H. Dean, E. Barber and R.A. Fuller

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, issue 3, 470-477

Abstract: There is mounting concern for the health of urban populations as cities expand at an unprecedented rate. Urban green spaces provide settings for a remarkable range of physical and mental health benefits, and pioneering health policy is recognizing nature as a costeffective tool for planning healthy cities.

Keywords: causality; city planning; cost benefit analysis; economics; ecosystem; environmental planning; health; health behavior; health care planning; human; natural science; standards; trends, Causality; City Planning; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Ecosystem; Environment Design; Health Behavior; Health Planning; Humans; Nature; Urban Health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302324

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