Deciphering the Link Between Mental Health and Green Space in Shenzhen, China: The Mediating Impact of Residents' Satisfaction

Qiao, Yong; Chen, Zini; Chen, Yuqing; Zheng, Tianxiang

doi:10.3389/fpubh.2021.561809

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“…In terms of residents' preference for social services, physical and mental relaxation was favored by inhabitants the most. The results also verified the fact that UGS can be beneficial to the physical and mental health of residents [52,53]. During the period of COVID-19, people's mental health has been greatly affected, and the positive role of UGS in people's mental health cannot be ignored [54,55].…”

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Residents’ Preference for Urban Green Space Types and Their Ecological-Social Services in China

Zhao

Zhang

et al. 2022

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With accelerated urbanization and rapid expansion of the urban population, there is an increasing demand among urban residents for urban green spaces (UGS) and the ecosystem services (ES) they provide. The existing research mostly focuses on the spatial pattern of UGS types and ES provided by different UGS but ignores that residents’ preferences for UGS types and their ecological and social services should also be incorporated into the spatial planning decision-making of UGS. A web-based questionnaire was distributed randomly in urban areas of China and 1050 valid samples were collected in this study. Descriptive statistical analysis methods, structural equation modeling, and Pearson correlation were used to parse the residents’ preference for both UGS types, ecological–social services, and the relevant impact factors. The results showed that: (1) the strongest preference of residents for UGS and their ecological and social services are the attached green space, “beautifying the city”, and “physical and mental relaxation”, respectively; (2) the leading factors for residents’ access to UGS are “age” and “sufficient time”, except for attached green space. The most significant effect on both ecological and social services is the “season” factor. Further, “social gathering” and “exercise” are the services most and least likely to be affected. (3) Future planning of UGS should reinforce construction of attached green space and improve the aesthetics-related ES they provide. Construction of park green space and plaza green space should be enhanced to deal with the aging trend in society. Further, maintaining the existing construction of attached green space and building regional green space are crucial to the sustainability of UGS and its ecological–social services.

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Residents’ Preference for Urban Green Space Types and Their Ecological-Social Services in China

Zhao

Zhang

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“…For landscaped streets, the positive effects of greening (perception of street greening level, PSG) were the most significant. These results have been widely discussed in literature that focuses on the relationships between green spaces and individuals' psychological wellbeing (Qiao et al, 2021;Jiang and Huang, 2022). Living streets present significant demands for safety.…”

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Aging-friendly cities: Investigating the effects of street usage on the psychological satisfaction of older adults in megacities

Gao²,

Qiu³

et al. 2022

Front. Psychol.

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The psychological satisfaction of older adults is an important evaluation standard for the construction of elder-friendly cities. Meanwhile, as important space carriers carrying the travel activities and social participation of older adults, streets are also of great significance to improve psychological wellbeing. However, few studies pay attention to the street usage of aging population, especially in the context of megacities. Moreover, the previous literature rarely distinguishes the types of streets. Thus, employing a mixed approach, we investigate the relationships between street usage and psychological satisfaction for older adults. Based on the survey in Shanghai, we find that a clear role for different usage indicators in the determination of subjective psychological satisfaction of older adults. More specially, the street usage and psychological satisfaction for older adults are strongly correlated, especially for living streets. Psychological satisfaction for older adults in different types of streets is not always positively related to the positive perception of street usage. The psychological satisfaction of different streets depends on different factors. By focusing on the case of a megacity, our study emphasizes the differences between different types of streets, which will be conducive to the proposal of practical planning policies. In addition, employing mixed research methods not only explains how different street usage affects the psychological welfare of older adults on a macro scale, but also emphasizes the inner world of respondents.

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“…A previous cross-sectional study from China had indicated that living near greenspace was negatively associated with psychiatric symptoms [ 42 ], whereas studies from Europe and the USA reported no significant association for questionnaire-based psychiatric symptoms [ 43 – 45 ] or diagnoses of psychiatric disorders [ 16 , 46 ]. Similar with certain studies, our analysis also showed no beneficial effect of higher greenspace coverage on risk of any psychiatric disorder consistent with previous studies.…”

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Exposure to residential green and blue space and the natural environment is associated with a lower incidence of psychiatric disorders in middle-aged and older adults: findings from the UK Biobank

Liu,

Huxley,

Schikowski

et al. 2024

BMC Med

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Background There is increasing evidence for the role of environmental factors and exposure to the natural environment on a wide range of health outcomes. Whether exposure to green space, blue space, and the natural environment (GBN) is associated with risk of psychiatric disorders in middle-aged and older adults has not been prospectively examined. Methods Longitudinal data from the UK biobank was used. At the study baseline (2006–2010), 363,047 participants (women: 53.4%; mean age 56.7 ± 8.1 years) who had not been previously diagnosed with any psychiatric disorder were included. Follow-up was achieved by collecting records from hospitals and death registers. Measurements of green and blue space modeled from land use data and natural environment from Land Cover Map were assigned to the residential address for each participant. Cox proportional hazard models with adjustment for potential confounders were used to explore the longitudinal associations between GBN and any psychiatric disorder and then by specific psychiatric disorders (dementia, substance abuse, psychotic disorder, depression, and anxiety) in middle-aged and older adults. Results During an average follow-up of 11.5 ± 2.8 years, 49,865 individuals were diagnosed with psychiatric disorders. Compared with the first tertile (lowest) of exposure, blue space at 300 m buffer [hazard ratio (HR): 0.973, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.952–0.994] and natural environment at 300 m buffer (HR: 0.970, 95% CI: 0.948–0.992) and at 1000 m buffer (HR: 0.975, 95% CI: 0.952–0.999) in the third tertile (highest) were significantly associated with lower risk of incident psychiatric disorders, respectively. The risk of incident dementia was statistically decreased when exposed to the third tertile (highest) of green space and natural environment at 1000 m buffer. The third tertile (highest) of green space at 300 m and 1000 m buffer and natural environment at 300 m and 1000 m buffer was associated with a reduction of 30.0%, 31.8%, 21.7%, and 30.3% in the risk of developing a psychotic disorder, respectively. Subgroup analysis suggested that the elderly, men, and those living with some comorbid conditions may derive greater benefits associated with exposure to GBN. Conclusions This study suggests that GBN has significant benefits for lowering the risk of psychiatric disorders in middle-aged and older adults. Future studies are warranted to validate these findings and to understand the potential mechanistic pathways underpinning these novel findings.

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Deciphering the Link Between Mental Health and Green Space in Shenzhen, China: The Mediating Impact of Residents' Satisfaction

Cited by 20 publications

References 64 publications

Residents’ Preference for Urban Green Space Types and Their Ecological-Social Services in China

Residents’ Preference for Urban Green Space Types and Their Ecological-Social Services in China

Aging-friendly cities: Investigating the effects of street usage on the psychological satisfaction of older adults in megacities

Exposure to residential green and blue space and the natural environment is associated with a lower incidence of psychiatric disorders in middle-aged and older adults: findings from the UK Biobank

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