Nature-based biopsychosocial resilience: An integrative theoretical framework for research on nature and health

Environment International, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 181, P. 108234 - 108234

Published: Sept. 27, 2023

Nature-based solutions including urban forests and wetlands can help communities cope better with climate change other environmental stressors by enhancing social-ecological resilience. Natural ecosystems, settings, elements affordances also individuals become more personally resilient to a variety of stressors, although the mechanisms underpinning individual-level nature-based resilience, their relations are not well articulated. We propose 'nature-based biopsychosocial resilience theory' (NBRT) address these gaps. Our framework begins suggesting that refer both: a) person's set adaptive resources; b) processes which resources deployed. Drawing on existing nature-health perspectives, we argue nature contact support build maintain biological, psychological, social (i.e. biopsychosocial) resilience-related resources. Together can: i) reduce risk various (preventive resilience); ii) enhance reactions stressful circumstances (response resilience), and/or iii) facilitate rapid complete recovery from stress (recovery resilience). Reference three supports integration across familiar pathways involving harm reduction, capacity building, restoration. Evidence in theory, potential interventions promote issues require further consideration discussed.

Language: Английский

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Landscape and soundscape quality promote stress recovery in nearby urban nature: A multisensory field experiment

Urban forestry & urban greening, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 95, P. 128286 - 128286

Published: March 16, 2024

Cities have different benefits and risks, but are often stressful environments to live in.Everyday contact with nearby nature can be a crucial way alleviate stress increase the well-being of citizens. However, there is still limited evidence on how nature-health vary according type quality natural environments. This study integrated multiple landscape soundscape objective perceived assessments examine recovery in types neighbourhood nature. We used field randomised experiment (n=45) analyse effects various random fixed factors restoration including: environmental conditions (e.g. temperature, wind, air quality), personal characteristics age, gender, health, connectedness), presence other people Perceived Environmental Aesthetic Qualities Scale Sound Affective Quality scale). found that physiological psychological significantly greater sites higher visual (% elements) acoustic (Normalized Difference Soundscape Index (NDSI)) naturalness i.e. beach forest, compared urban park (control site). were strongly associated recovery, these results more pronounced for soundscape. highlights deserve systematic attention green infrastructure research planning. Finally, we important early reduction Electrodermal activity (EDA) only within 3 minutes exposure especially forest.

Language: Английский

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Lighting the Night: Unveiling the Restorative Potential of Urban Green Spaces in Nighttime Environments

Urban forestry & urban greening, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 128769 - 128769

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Nature visits, but not residential greenness, are associated with reduced income-related inequalities in subjective well-being

Health & Place, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 85, P. 103175 - 103175

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Nature exposure can promote human health and well-being. Additionally, there is some, albeit mixed, evidence that this relationship stronger for socio-economically disadvantaged groups (equigenesis). Using a cross-sectional survey of the Austrian population (N = 2300), we explored relationships between both residential greenness recreational nature visits, affective (WHO-5 Well-Being Index) evaluative (Personal Index-7) subjective Partially supporting equigenesis hypothesis, regression analyses controlling potential confounders found visit frequency, but not greenness, moderated effect income-related disparities in well-being metrics. Results suggest merely making neighborhoods greener may itself help reduce inequalities greater efforts are also needed to support individuals from all sectors society access natural settings recreation as could significantly improve some poorest society.

Language: Английский

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Nature-based social prescribing programmes: opportunities, challenges, and facilitators for implementation

Environment International, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 190, P. 108801 - 108801

Published: June 6, 2024

Evidence on the health benefits of spending time in nature has highlighted importance provision blue and green spaces where people live. The potential for offered by exposure, however, extends beyond promotion to treatment. Social prescribing links with or social care needs community-based, non-clinical interventions improve wellbeing. Nature-based (NBSP) is a variant that uses health-promoting activities carried out natural environments, such as gardening walking. Much current NBSP practice been developed UK, there increasing global interest its implementation. This requires be adapted different contexts, considering populations structure healthcare systems. paper presents results from an expert group participatory workshop involving 29 practitioners, researchers, policymakers UK Germany's environmental sectors. Using Germany, two countries systems developmental stages practice, case studies, we analysed opportunities, challenges, facilitators development implementation NBSP. We identified five overarching themes developing, implementing, evaluating NBSPCapacity Building; Accessibility Acceptability; Networks Collaborations; Standardised Implementation Evaluation; Sustainability. also discuss key strengths, weaknesses, threats each theme understand how they could support offer significant public using available spaces. guidance implementation, wider policy design evaluation individual programmes, contexts. research help inform programmes planetary local scales.

Language: Английский

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Association of ambient ozone exposure and greenness exposure with hemorrhagic stroke mortality at different times: A cohort study in Shandong Province, China

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 278, P. 116356 - 116356

Published: April 27, 2024

Evidence on the association between long-term ozone exposure and greenness hemorrhagic stroke (HS) is limited, with mixed results. One potential source of this inconsistency difference in time metrics. This study aimed to investigate ambient ozone, greenness, mortality from HS using metrics at different times. We also examined whether modified relationship due HS. The population consisted 45771 participants aged ≥40 y residing 20 counties Shandong Province who were followed up 2013 2019. Ozone (annual mean warm season) normalized a measure exposure, calculated. environmental exposures (ozone exposures) was assessed time-dependent Cox proportional hazards models, modification stratified analysis interaction terms. person-years end follow-up 90,663. With full adjustments, risk death increased by 5% per interquartile range increase season [hazard ratio =1.05; 95 % confidence interval: 1.01–1.08]. No clear observed annual Both summer NDVI found reduce mortality. relationships influenced age, sex, residence (urban or rural). Furthermore, shown have modifying effect occurrence (P for = 0.001). Long-term O3 positively associated mortality, while inversely Greenness may mitigate negative effects

Language: Английский

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Associations Between Well-Being and Nature-Based Recreation: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Adults in the United States, Brazil, and Spain

Journal of Environmental Psychology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 102438 - 102438

Published: Sept. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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The role of greenness and road traffic noise for psychological restoration in everyday environments. A participatory mapping approach

Landscape and Urban Planning, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 259, P. 105339 - 105339

Published: March 23, 2025

Language: Английский

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Using nature-based citizen science initiatives to enhance nature connection and mental health

Frontiers in Environmental Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 13

Published: Feb. 18, 2025

The global rise in mental health issues underscores the critical importance of assessing benefits engaging with nature. Beyond their primary aim involving citizens scientific data collection, nature-based citizen science initiatives offer significant potential for enhancing outcomes related to conservation (e.g., connection nature) and human wellbeing emotions, depression, stress, anxiety). However, effectiveness various types achieving specific remain unclear. This study evaluates changes eight nature before after participation five Australia Germany. These varied ecosystem type (urban parks, terrestrial forests freshwater streams) duration (from 15 min 48 h). We assessed three dimensions (Self, Experience Perspective) measured by Nature-Relatedness scale, (symptoms stress anxiety) using DASS-21 emotional states (positive negative emotions) Scale Positive Negative (SPANE). found that while participants generally reported improvements across all outcomes, only Queensland Trust Nature initiative, characterized its extended social interactions, demonstrated statistically enhancements emotions controlling socio-economic confounders. findings suggest short-term interventions can effectively alleviate anxiety symptoms boost depression may require more intensive than what is available through typical experiences. advocate reframing as integral components broader health-promoting strategies. By aligning efforts promotion frameworks, these achieve greater impact simultaneously advance understanding, support strategies improving health.

Language: Английский

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The psychological benefits of open-water (wild) swimming: Exploring a self-determination approach using a 19-country sample

Journal of Environmental Psychology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 102, P. 102558 - 102558

Published: Feb. 25, 2025

Language: Английский

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