Document Type
Journal Article
Publisher
Springer Verlag
Faculty
Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science
School
School of Natural Sciences / Centre for Ecosystem Management
RAS ID
18196
Abstract
Access to parks and green spaces within residential neighbourhoods has been shown to be an important pathway to generating better physical and mental health for individuals and communities. Early research in this area often failed to identify specific attributes that contributed to reported health outcomes, with more recent research focused on exploring relationships between health outcomes and aspects of access and design. A mixed methods research project conducted in Perth, Western Australia examined the role that neighbourhood green space played in influencing residents' self-reported health status, and this paper identifies significant relationships found between perceptions of green space quality and self-reported health. It focuses on the factors that were found to be most positively associated with better health outcomes: proximity, retention, useability and visitation of neighbourhood green space.
DOI
10.1007/s10393-014-0952-9
Access Rights
free_to_read
Comments
This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of: Carter M., Horwitz P. (2014). Beyond proximity: The importance of green space useability to self-reported health. EcoHealth, 11(3), 322-332. The final publication is Available at link.springer.com here