Nature's contributions in coping with a pandemic in the 21st century: A narrative review of evidence during COVID-19

The Science of The Total Environment, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 833, С. 155095 - 155095

Опубликована: Апрель 6, 2022

While COVID-19 lockdowns have slowed coronavirus transmission, such structural measures also unintended consequences on mental and physical health. Growing evidence shows that exposure to the natural environment (e.g., blue-green spaces) can improve human health wellbeing. In this narrative review, we synthesized about nature's contributions wellbeing during first two years of pandemic. We found pandemic, people experienced multiple types nature, including both outdoors indoors. Frequency visits outdoor areas (i.e., public parks) depended lockdown severity socio-cultural contexts. Other forms nature exposure, as spending time in private gardens viewing greenery from windows, may increased. The majority suggests pandemic was associated with less depression, anxiety, stress, more happiness life satisfaction. Additionally, correlated inactivity fewer sleep disturbances. Evidence mixed regarding associations between COVID-related outcomes, while might be greater rates transmission mortality when proper social distancing were not maintained. Findings whether helped ameliorate inequities by impacting lower-socioeconomic populations than their higher-socioeconomic counterparts for example mixed. Based these findings, argue buffered negative behavioral impacts Recovery resilience current crises future improved nature-based infrastructure, interventions, designs, governance.

Язык: Английский

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COVID-19, the Built Environment, and Health

Environmental Health Perspectives, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 129(7)

Опубликована: Июль 1, 2021

Since the dawn of cities, built environment has both affected infectious disease transmission and evolved in response to diseases. COVID-19 illustrates dynamics. The pandemic presented an opportunity implement health promotion prevention strategies numerous elements environment.This commentary aims identify features that affect risk as well with implications for (and, therefore, long-term public health).Built factors include crowding, poverty, racism (as they manifest housing neighborhood features), poor indoor air circulation, ambient pollution. Potential changes building design, increased teleworking, reconfigured streets, changing modes travel, provision parks greenspace, population shifts out urban centers. Although it is too early predict confidence which these responses may persist, identifying monitoring them can help professionals, architects, planners, decision makers, members public, optimize healthy environments during after recovery from pandemic. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP8888.

Язык: Английский

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Greenspace and park use associated with less emotional distress among college students in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic

Environmental Research, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 204, С. 112367 - 112367

Опубликована: Ноя. 10, 2021

Язык: Английский

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Perceptions of green space usage, abundance, and quality of green space were associated with better mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic among residents of Denver

PLoS ONE, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 17(3), С. e0263779 - e0263779

Опубликована: Март 2, 2022

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted both physical and mental health. This study aimed to understand whether exposure green space buffered against stress distress during the while taking into account significant stressors of pandemic. Methods We leveraged a cross-sectional survey on health among residents Denver, CO that ran from November 2019 through January 2021. measured objective as average NDVI (normalized difference vegetation index) aerial imagery within 300m 500m participant’s residence. Perceived was Likert scores five questions about near home captured perceived abundance, visibility, access, usage, quality space. used generalized linear models assess relationship between each variable (PSS-4), depression (CES-D-10), or anxiety (MMPI-2) adjusted for sociodemographic impact variables. Results found significantly higher all covid periods compared “before covid” period, “fall wave” earlier periods. Adjusted stressors, we spending lot time in (usage) associated with lower depression. also observed buffers (objective abundance) abundance There some evidence people reporting having high spaces (quality). did not observe associations any metric after adjustment confounding Conclusion Our work provides further benefits even variables pandemic-related stressors.

Язык: Английский

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Mental health and well-being in times of COVID-19: A mixed-methods study of the role of neighborhood parks, outdoor spaces, and nature among US older adults

Health & Place, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 76, С. 102813 - 102813

Опубликована: Май 24, 2022

Язык: Английский

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Urban Park Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Are Socially Vulnerable Communities Disproportionately Impacted?

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 3

Опубликована: Сен. 29, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic altered human behavior around the world. To maintain mental and physical health during periods of lockdown quarantine, people often engaged in outdoor, physically distanced activities such as visits to parks greenspace. However, research tracking outdoor recreation patterns has yielded inconsistent results, few studies have explored impacts on park use across diverse neighborhoods. We used a mixed methods approach examine changes cities North Carolina, USA, pandemic, with an emphasis socially vulnerable communities (based racial/ethnic composition socioeconomic status). First, we surveyed demographically representative sample 611 urban residents August 2020 assess their spaces before pandemic. Second, cell phone location (i.e., geo-tracking) data document within 605 socioeconomically census tracts (July 2019) 2020) Data from both revealed declined pandemic; 56% survey respondents said they stopped or reduced use, geo-tracked dropped by 15%. Park users also became more homogenous, increasing most for past visitors declining among individuals who were BIPOC lower-income. Our results raise concerns about suggest pre-existing disparities might be exacerbated inequitable access utilization

Язык: Английский

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Tourism and Mental Health: Foundations, Frameworks, and Futures

Journal of Travel Research, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 62(1), С. 3 - 20

Опубликована: Апрель 18, 2022

Tourism contributes to mental health. We could: recognize, measure, value, and market those contributions; analyze components design products maximize health benefits; use benefits in tourism industry marketing lobbying. If we measure health-research standards, then could also gain commercial opportunities within the sector. Currently, there are widely differing bodies of evidence different subsectors, reflecting historical research emphases. Music, museums, shopping malls have been identified as therapeutic for some. Nature therapies tested extensively, with a higher standard evidence. Adventure has analyzed principally from phenomenological perspective, indicating powerful psychological effects. Many require continuing behavioral change. contribute these therapies, since it includes detailed data on effects program guiding, individual personalities, interests, capabilities, motivations, experiences, emotions, satisfaction.

Язык: Английский

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Is indoor and outdoor greenery associated with fewer depressive symptoms during COVID-19 lockdowns? A mechanistic study in Shanghai, China

Building and Environment, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 227, С. 109799 - 109799

Опубликована: Ноя. 13, 2022

Язык: Английский

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Geographies of infections: built environment and COVID-19 pandemic in metropolitan Melbourne

Sustainable Cities and Society, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 81, С. 103838 - 103838

Опубликована: Март 11, 2022

Язык: Английский

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Mental health value of parks in China

Biological Conservation, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 284, С. 110159 - 110159

Опубликована: Июнь 13, 2023

Biological conservation relies on protected areas, which need funding for acquisition and management. Economic valuation of ecosystem services contributes political economic support government budget allocations. One politically powerful cultural service is improved mental health park visitors, known as value or HSV. Previous HSV estimates were extrapolated from a single country, Australia. Here we provide more precise global estimate by: focussing China the largest newly-industrialised economy; comparing across 25 parks throughout China, using Personal Wellbeing Index, PWI; measuring PWI at representative heavily-visited Shennongjia National Park, gateway counterpart. We calculated ΔPWI function visit rate, controlled socioeconomic, demographic physical factors. This yielded ΔPWI∼2.75 % in Published data show that: population 1.4 billion; proportion visiting 32 (cf ∼70 developed nations); mean national financial per quality-adjusted life-year US$63,500 ∼US$200,000). Parks thus US$0.78 trillion annum. Scaling up to include India, Brazil Russia, total bloc US$1.13 annum, ∼5 GDP. Including previous nations, where ∼8 GDP, yields new US$ 5.1 ± 2.0 6 substantially than estimates. For local applications, next step will be scale down individual parks, ecosystems, species.

Язык: Английский

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