Biodiversity, environmental health and human well-being: analysis of linkages and pathways
Biodiversity, environmental health and human well-being: analysis of linkages and pathways
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DOI：
10.1007/s10668-014-9591-0
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发表时间：
2015-10-01
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4.9
通讯作者：
Agyei, Frank Kwaku
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作者：
Adjei, Prince Osei-Wusu;Agyei, Frank Kwaku
近年来，随着人们寻求实现和维持健康，健康作为一种积极的身体、社会和精神生活状态，已成为研究的主要焦点。与自然环境互动已被确定为获得健康益处的一种方式。然而，福祉在多大程度上取决于环境的各个方面，特别是生物多样性，这一点却没有得到足够的重视。本文探讨了环境中生物多样性水平与人类福祉之间的关系。抑郁和幸福的规模，抽样236名游客的8个绿色空间在安格尔西和格温内思德，北威尔士，同时也注意到社会人口和环境因素，如感知的自然，密度的游客和噪音水平建立的关系。在每个绿色空间中，估计了本地和引进植物多样性的水平。本文认为，生态多样性水平决定了人们从绿色环境中获得的健康和幸福水平。参观植物多样性较高的绿色空间的游客获得更高水平的幸福感。值得注意的是，引进物种的多样性是一个更好的预测比本地植物多样性。感知自然度、游客密度和游客年龄也是幸福感的预测因子。结论是，提高环境中生物多样性的水平可以改善人们的福祉。然而，关于引进物种与本地物种的发现值得更多的关注。
Well-being, a condition of positive physical, social and mental state of life, has become a prime focus of research in recent years as people seek to achieve and sustain it. Interacting with the natural environment has been established as a way of acquiring well-being benefits. However, the extent to which well-being depends on various aspects of the environment particularly biodiversity has received less attention. This paper examines the relationship between the level of biodiversity in an environment and human well-being. The depression and happiness scale was employed to sample 236 visitors of eight green spaces in Anglesey and Gwynedd, North Wales, while also noting socio-demographic and environmental factors such as perceived naturalness, density of visitors and noise level to establish the relationship. In each green space, the levels of native and introduced plant diversity were estimated. The paper established that level of ecological diversity determines level of people's wellness and happiness derived from a green environment. Visitors to green spaces with higher plant diversity receive higher levels of happiness. Significantly too, diversity of introduced species was a better predictor than native plant diversity. Perceived naturalness, density of visitors and visitors' age was also predictors of happiness. It is concluded that increasing the level of biodiversity in an environment could improve people's well-being. However, the finding about introduced versus native species deserves more attention.