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Toward Improved Public Health Outcomes From Urban Nature
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There is mounting concern for the health of urban populations as cities expand at an unprecedented rate. Urban green spaces provide settings for a remarkable range of physical and mental health benefits, and pioneering health policy is recognizing nature as a cost-effective tool for planning healthy cities. Despite this, limited information on how specific elements of nature deliver health outcomes restricts its use for enhancing population health. We articulate a framework for identifying direct and indirect causal pathways through which nature delivers health benefits, and highlight current evidence. We see a need for a bold new research agenda founded on testing causality that transcends disciplinary boundaries between ecology and health. This will lead to cost-effective and tailored solutions that could enhance population health and reduce health inequalities.
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- Authors
- Shanahan, D. F., Lin, B. B., Bush, R., Gaston, K. J., Dean, J. H., Barber, E., & Fuller, R. A.
- Venue
- American Journal of Public Health
- Publisher
- American Public Health Association
- Published
- 2015-03
- Volume
- 105
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 470-477
- ISSN
- 0090-0036 (ISSN-L)
- 1541-0048
- OpenAlex
- W2052971081
- Cited by
- 268
- References
- 19
- FWCI
- 15.33
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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