Public green spaces and positive mental health – investigating the relationship between access, quantity and types of parks and mental wellbeing

Health and Place

Volumn 48, Issue , 2017, Pages 63-71

  Wood, Lisa ^a   Hooper, Paula ^a   Foster, Sarah ^a,b   Bull, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mental health; Parks; Positive mental wellbeing; Public open space; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

GREENSPACE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEIGHBORHOOD; PUBLIC SPACE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPORT; URBAN PLANNING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CITY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEIGHBORHOOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING; RECREATIONAL PARK; WALKING; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARKS, RECREATIONAL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 85029678474     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2017.09.002     Document Type: Article

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