Health impact of urban green spaces: a systematic review of heat-related morbidity and mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The objective of this review was to scrutinise the impact of urban green spaces on heat-related morbidity and mortality.

Design

This systematic review was meticulously carried out following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines DATA SOURCES: A comprehensive search was conducted across PubMed, Scopus and Google Scholar including studies from January 2000 to December 2022.

Eligibility criteria

Studies that examined the influence of urban green spaces on heat-related morbidity and mortality, including randomised controlled trials, observational and modelling studies, were included.

Data extraction and synthesis

A total of 3301 publications were initially identified, out of which 12 studies met the inclusion cr

SUBMITTER: Nazish A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11499757 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature