Determining the health benefits of green space

Urban green space is demonstrated to benefit human health. We evaluated whether neighborhood gentrification status matters when considering the health benefits of green space, and whether the benefits are received equitably across racial and socioeconomic groups. Greater exposure to active green spa...

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Autores: Cole, Helen|||0000-0003-0936-6810, Triguero-Mas, Margarita|||0000-0002-1580-2693, Connolly, James J. T.|||0000-0002-7363-8414, Anguelovski, Isabelle|||0000-0002-6409-5155
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:203475
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/203475
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.02.001
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Green space
Self-rated health
Gentrification
New York city
Socioeconomic class
Urban health
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Sumario:Urban green space is demonstrated to benefit human health. We evaluated whether neighborhood gentrification status matters when considering the health benefits of green space, and whether the benefits are received equitably across racial and socioeconomic groups. Greater exposure to active green space was significantly associated with lower odds of reporting fair or poor health, but only for those living in gentrifying neighborhoods. In gentrifying neighborhoods, only those with high education or high incomes benefited from neighborhood active green space. Structural interventions, such as new green space, should be planned and evaluated within the context of urban social inequity and change.