Development of an urban green space indicator and the public health rationale

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 159-167

  Annerstedt Van Den Bosch, Matilda ^a   Egorov, Andrey I ^a   Mudu, Pierpaolo ^b   Uscila, Valdas ^c   Barrdahl, Maria ^a   Kruize, Hanneke ^a   Kulinkina, Alexandra ^d   Staatsen, Brigit ^e   Swart, Wim ^e   Zurlyte, Ingrida ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b WHO European Centre for Environment and Health   (Germany)

^c Center for Health Education and Disease Prevention   (Lithuania)

^d Tufts University   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Green spaces; indicator; parks; physical activity; public health; stress; urban life; urban planning; well being

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LITHUANIA; NETHERLANDS; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN;

ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LITHUANIA; NETHERLANDS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SWEDEN; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84975267319     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494815615444     Document Type: Article

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