ArticlePloS one2016
Public Parks and Wellbeing in Urban Areas of the United States.
Article in PloS one, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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55 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A systematic review on the relationship between the built environment and children's quality of life.BMC public health · 2023Pooled it
- Urban Green Space and Subjective Well-Being of Older People: A Systematic Literature Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Green Space and Health Equity: A Systematic Review on the Potential of Green Space to Reduce Health Disparities.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
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- Beyond greenness: multidimensional urban nature profiles and arteriosclerotic cardiovascular risk.Environment international · 2026Article
- The impact of place perception and environmental behavior in carbon-neutral theme parks on health perception assessment.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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- Urban environments' impacts on aging in post-industrial cities: reviewing the pathways to healthy aging.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Review
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- The Dynamic Relationship between Social Cohesion and Urban Green Space in Diverse Communities: Opportunities and Challenges to Public Health.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Understanding park visitors' soundscape perception using subjective and objective measurement.PeerJ · 2024Article
- Change of urban park usage as a response to the COVID-19 global pandemic.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- A Transdisciplinary Framework to Unlock the Potential Benefits of Green Spaces for Urban Communities Under Changing Contexts.Bioscience · 2023Review
- If You Build It Will They Come? Park Upgrades, Park Use and Park-Based Physical Activity in Urban Cape Town, South Africa-The SUN Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Nature, smells, and human wellbeing.Ambio · 2023Article
- Assessing associations between residential proximity to greenspace and birth defects in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study.Environmental research · 2023Article
- The association of park use and park perception with quality of life using structural equation modeling.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Human well-being and natural capital indictors for Great Lakes waterfront revitalization.Journal of Great Lakes research · 2022Article
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Abstract
Sustainable development efforts in urban areas often focus on understanding and managing factors that influence all aspects of health and wellbeing. Research has shown that public parks and green space provide a variety of physical, psychological, and social benefits to urban residents, but few studies have examined the influence of parks on comprehensive measures of subjective wellbeing at the city level. Using 2014 data from 44 U.S. cities, we evaluated the relationship between urban park quantity, quality, and accessibility and aggregate self-reported scores on the Gallup-Healthways Wellbeing Index (WBI), which considers five different domains of wellbeing (e.g., physical, community, social, financial, and purpose). In addition to park-related variables, our best-fitting OLS regression models selected using an information theory approach controlled for a variety of other typical geographic and socio-demographic correlates of wellbeing. Park quantity (measured as the percentage of city area covered by public parks) was among the strongest predictors of overall wellbeing, and the strength of this relationship appeared to be driven by parks' contributions to physical and community wellbeing. Park quality (measured as per capita spending on parks) and accessibility (measured as the overall percentage of a city's population within ½ mile of parks) were also positively associated with wellbeing, though these relationships were not significant. Results suggest that expansive park networks are linked to multiple aspects of health and wellbeing in cities and positively impact urban quality of life.
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