Nature-based solutions to promote human resilience and wellbeing in cities during increasingly hot summers

Environmental Research

Volumn 159, Issue , 2017, Pages 249-256

  Panno, Angelo ^a   Carrus, Giuseppe ^a   Lafortezza, Raffaele ^b,c   Mariani, Luigi ^d   Sanesi, Giovanni ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cognitive resources; Ego depletion; Global warming; Nature based solutions; Urban heat island; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANALYTICAL METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COGNITION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENSPACE; HEAT ISLAND; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGY; SUMMER;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EGO; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING; RECREATIONAL PARK; SUMMER; CITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; HEAT; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ITALY; LOMBARDY; MILANO [LOMBARDY];

CITIES; CLIMATE CHANGE; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PARKS, RECREATIONAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 85027534083     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.08.016     Document Type: Article

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