The Fruit of Urban Nature: Vital Neighborhood Spaces.
- Author(s): William Sullivan, et al.
- Organization: Journal: Environment and Behaviour. http://eab.sagepub.com/
- Date Published: September 3, 2004
What makes a neighbourhood space vial? This article explores the possibility that the presence of trees and grass may be one of the key component of vital neighbourhood paces. This research reports on 758 observations of individuals in 59 outdoor common spaces in a residential development. Twenty-seven of the neighborhood common spaces were relatively green, whereas 32 were relatively barren. Results indicate that the presence of trees an grass is related to the use of outdoor spaces, the amount of social activity that takes place within the,, and the proportion of social t nonsocial activities they support. The findings improve and broaden our understanding of the physical characteristics that influence social contact among neighbors and provide evidence that nature plays an important role in creating vital neighbourhood spaces.
http://www.willsull.net/Publications_files/Sullivan,%20Kuo,%20DePooter.pdf
Tree and forest effects on air quality and human health in the United States
- Author(s): David J. Nowak, Satoshi Hirabayashi, Allison Bodine, Eric Greenfield
- Organization: Environmental Health (Journal)
- Date Published: May 26, 2014
The US Forest service has written a paper on the positive impact that forests have on human health by reducing pollution.
http://www.fs.fed.us/nrs/pubs/jrnl/2014/nrs_2014_nowak_001.pdf