ORCID
- Sheela Agarwal: 0000-0003-1698-908X
Abstract
There is now considerable evidence that access to good quality green and/or blue spaces is good for peoples’ health and wellbeing. Concomitantly, there has been increasing emphasis, in national policies, on finding ways to use the natural environment as a key resource to support people’s health: all of which has been accelerated since the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, key research gaps remain. This chapter reviews what we do and don’t know about the impact of nature on people’s health. We argue that the integration of research with planning tools is key to achieving environmental planning and development that is beneficial to health. We consider the challenges of conducting evidence-based research that involves people and natural environments and provide directions for future research that can support policies that have the potential to make full use of green and blue spaces to enhance people’s health and wellbeing.
DOI Link
Publication Date
2023-12-27
Publication Title
Managing Protected Areas: People and Places
Publisher
Springer
ISBN
9783031407826, 3031407857, 9783031407833
Deposit Date
2024-06-14
Additional Links
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-40783-3_10, https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85195006113
First Page
167
Last Page
192
Recommended Citation
Hewlett, D., Gray, D., Gunton, R., Munro, T., Agarwal, S., Breed, M., Skelly, C., Weinstein, P., Terradillos, A., Lavrushkina, N., & Byrne, D. (2023) 'Significant spaces: Exploring the health and wellbeing impacts of natural environments', Managing Protected Areas: People and Places, , pp. 167-192. Springer: Available at: 10.1007/978-3-031-40783-3_10
