Greenspaces and Health: Measures and Methods
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (22 March 2021) | Viewed by 96962
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
A growing literature is now supporting the effect of greenspaces on mental/physical health. The existing literature utilises a large variety of methods for measuring greenspace. The methods range from perceived first-person measures to satellite-derived indices and Google Street View based greenness indices. Recent developments also include the use of artificial-intelligence-based approaches to identify green objects instead of traditional pixel based classifications. Different methods and measures suit different purposes. In this Special Issue, we seek to bring together a collection of articles that compare, contrast or review various measures and meanings of greenspace. Included in this collection will be articles that seek to compare how different measures of greenspace are differently associated with measures of mental and physical health or with social capital. We encourage a range of studies including reviews, case studies, spatial studies, and epidemiological studies with different designs.
Dr. Soumya Mazumdar
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- greenspace
- measures
- methods/methodology
- geographical information systems
- health
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