Urban natural environments as nature-based solutions for improved public health – A systematic review of reviews

Environmental Research

Volumn 158, Issue , 2017, Pages 373-384

  van den Bosch, M ^a   Ode Sang, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CVD mortality; Evidence; Green spaces; Heat stress; Mental health; Nature based solutions; Positive affect; Public health; Systematic review; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

STORM WATER;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLIMATE EFFECT; GREENSPACE; HEAT FLUX; INNOVATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

AFFECT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CATERING SERVICE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEAT; HEAT REDUCTION; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; NATURAL ENVIRONMENT; NATURE BASED SOLUTION; NOISE REDUCTION; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STORM WATER MANAGEMENT; STRESS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URBAN AREA; URBAN GREEN PLANNING; VEGETATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WELLBEING; CITY; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

CITIES; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 85021694579     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.05.040     Document Type: Review

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