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Green Spaces and Public Health in Urban Contexts
The environment determinants of health are important factors that, together with genetics aspects, sex, socio-economic status and education, affect population wellbeing. Environmental aspects are important also in fighting against health inequalities. Parks, tree-lined avenues, parks for games with free access, urban gardens and all the various typological declinations of green urban areas, constitute a “nudging” which also facilitates the approach and use of the territory for the most disadvantaged people. It is currently recognized that urban spaces with the presence of greenery and cycle paths are an excellent prevention investment, for example, in reducing the risk of coronary diseases. In line with the European guidelines, it is fundamental the activation of territorial networks where green planning or green infrastructure have multiple impacts on the impelling issue of climate change and the heat island effect phenomenon. In this context, green spaces perform multiple functions of prevention and protection of the population health, also determining an increase in terms of territorial social capital. Therefore, although there are many variables to be tackled, in the assessment of urban spatial planning, the aspects linked to the presence of green infrastructures along which social areas and slow mobility must be evaluated, measured, and verified.
Green Spaces and Public Health in Urban Contexts
The environment determinants of health are important factors that, together with genetics aspects, sex, socio-economic status and education, affect population wellbeing. Environmental aspects are important also in fighting against health inequalities. Parks, tree-lined avenues, parks for games with free access, urban gardens and all the various typological declinations of green urban areas, constitute a “nudging” which also facilitates the approach and use of the territory for the most disadvantaged people. It is currently recognized that urban spaces with the presence of greenery and cycle paths are an excellent prevention investment, for example, in reducing the risk of coronary diseases. In line with the European guidelines, it is fundamental the activation of territorial networks where green planning or green infrastructure have multiple impacts on the impelling issue of climate change and the heat island effect phenomenon. In this context, green spaces perform multiple functions of prevention and protection of the population health, also determining an increase in terms of territorial social capital. Therefore, although there are many variables to be tackled, in the assessment of urban spatial planning, the aspects linked to the presence of green infrastructures along which social areas and slow mobility must be evaluated, measured, and verified.
Green Spaces and Public Health in Urban Contexts
SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences
Capolongo, Stefano (editor) / Botta, Monica (editor) / Rebecchi, Andrea (editor) / Lauria, Andrea (author)
2023-02-05
7 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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