Natural environments - healthy environments? An exploratory analysis of the relationship between greenspace and health
Natural environments - healthy environments? An exploratory analysis of the relationship between greenspace and health
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10.1068/a35111
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2003-10-01
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Spreeuwenberg, P
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de Vries, S;Verheij, RA;Spreeuwenberg, P
生活在绿色地区的人比生活在不那么绿色地区的人更健康吗？这一假设进行了实证检验相结合的荷兰数据的自我报告的健康超过10000人的土地使用数据的绿地量在他们的生活环境。在多水平分析中，我们控制了社会经济和人口特征以及城市化程度。生活在绿色环境中与所有三项现有健康指标都呈正相关，甚至比城市一级的城市化程度更高。对分组的分析表明，绿色空间与家庭主妇和老年人的健康指标之一之间的关系更为密切，这两个群体被认为更依赖于当地环境，因此更容易受到当地环境的影响。此外，对于所有三个健康指标，受教育程度较低的人与绿地的关系更强。简要讨论了对决策和空间规划的影响。
Are people living in greener areas healthier than people living in less green areas? This hypothesis was empirically tested by combining Dutch data on the self-reported health of over 10000 people with land-use data on the amount of greenspace in their living environment. In the multilevel analysis we controlled for socioeconomic and demographic characteristics, as well as urbanity. Living in a green environment was positively related to all three available health indicators, even stronger than urbanity at the municipal level. Analyses on subgroups showed that the relationship between greenspace and one of the health indicators was somewhat stronger for housewives and the elderly, two groups that are assumed to be more dependent on, and therefore exposed to, the local environment. Furthermore, for all three health indicators the relationship with greenspace was somewhat stronger for lower educated people. Implications for policymaking and spatial planning are discussed briefly.