Green space, health and wellbeing: Making space for individual agency

Health and Place

Volumn 30, Issue , 2014, Pages 287-292

  Bell, Sarah L ^a   Phoenix, Cassandra ^a   Lovell, Rebecca ^a   Wheeler, Benedict W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connectedness with nature; Green space; Health; Individual agency; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

GREENSPACE; HEALTH STATUS; RESEARCH;

COMMUNITY LIVING; HEALTH; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; NEIGHBORHOOD; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; REVIEW; SELF CARE AGENCY; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; WELLBEING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; PLANT; SATISFACTION;

ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PLANTS;

EID: 84920182708     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.10.005     Document Type: Review

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