"It made me feel brighter in myself"- The health and well-being impacts of a residential front garden horticultural intervention.
"It made me feel brighter in myself"- The health and well-being impacts of a residential front garden horticultural intervention.
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DOI：
10.1016/j.landurbplan.2020.103958
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发表时间：
2021-01
影响因子：
9.1
通讯作者：
Cameron R
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作者：
Suyin Chalmin-Pui L;Roe J;Griffiths A;Smyth N;Heaton T;Clayden A;Cameron R
住宅花园占英国城市空间的30%，但与许多其他绿色空间类型不同，它们在健康和福祉议程中的作用在很大程度上被忽视了。在英国北英格兰一个经济落后的地区，园艺干预将观赏植物引入了38个以前光秃秃的前花园（≈10平方米）。在干预前和干预后（超过3个月）测量感知压力和每日皮质醇谱（作为健康状况的指标）。居民们报告说，干预后他们感受到的压力显著减少。这一发现与干预后较高比例的“健康”每日皮质醇模式相一致，表明这些人的健康状况更好。所有居民都从前花园种植中获得了一项或多项社会文化效益，尽管主观幸福感的总体得分并没有显著提高。进一步的定性数据表明，花园的价值在于增强放松，增加积极情绪，动力和自豪感。结果表明，在贫困城市社区的前花园中添加少量的观赏植物对个人的压力调节和主观幸福感的某些方面（但不是全部）有积极影响。该研究强调了住宅前花园对人类健康和福祉的重要性，因此它们对围绕城市密度、自然资本和城市规划的更广泛辩论做出了贡献。
Residential gardens make up 30% of urban space in the UK, yet unlike many other green space typologies, their role in the health and well-being agenda has largely been overlooked. A horticultural intervention introduced ornamental plants to 38 previously bare front gardens (≈ 10 m2) within an economically deprived region of North England, UK. Measures of perceived stress and diurnal cortisol profiles (as an indicator of health status) were taken pre- and post-intervention (over 3 months). Residents reported significant decreases in perceived stress post-intervention. This finding was aligned with a higher proportion of ‘healthy’ diurnal cortisol patterns post-intervention, suggesting better health status in those individuals. All residents derived one or more reported socio-cultural benefits as a result of the front garden plantings, although overall scores for subjective well-being did not increase to a significant level. Further qualitative data suggested that the gardens were valued for enhancing relaxation, increasing positive emotions, motivation, and pride of place. The results indicate that adding even small quantities of ornamental plants to front gardens within deprived urban communities had a positive effect on an individual’s stress regulation and some, but not all, aspects of subjective well-being. The research highlights the importance of residential front gardens to human health and well-being, and thus their contribution to the wider debates around city densification, natural capital and urban planning.
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