Green infrastructure, ecosystem services, and human health

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 9768-9798

  Coutts, Christopher ^a   Hahn, Micah ^b,c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Built environment; Ecology; Green infrastructure; Greenspace; Health; Natural environment; Nature; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREENSPACE; HEALTH MONITORING; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOSPHERE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CITY PLANNING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYDROLOGY; LANDSCAPE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLLINATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOIL FERTILITY; WELLBEING; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84939475308     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120809768     Document Type: Review

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