Effects of urban green spaces on human perceived health improvements: Provision of green spaces is not enough but how people use them matters.

ABSTRACT: How could we explain the mechanism driving the effects of Urban Green Space (UGS) on human health? This mechanism is a complex one suggesting, on one hand, an indirect effect of UGS Provision (measured as quantity, quality or accessibility of UGS) on health through UGS Exposure (measured as visit frequency to UGS, duration of visit or intensity of activities taking place during the visit). On the other hand, UGS Provision may have an indirect effect on Exposure, mediated by people's perception of UGS. The mechanism further suggests that UGS Exposure may influence indirectly human Health but mediated by human motivation to use UGS. We tested these different expectations by fitting 12 alternative structural equation models (SEMs) corresponding to four different scenarios, depending on how UG

SUBMITTER: Yessoufou K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7510974 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature