Residents’ Living Environments, Self-Rated Health Status and Perceptions of Urban Green Space Benefits

Liu, Fenghua; Tian, Yuhong; Jim, Chi Yung; Wang, Tiantian; Luan, Jingya; Yan, Mengxuan

doi:10.3390/f13010009

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“…However, the local government has not yet specifically presented the area or target area for urban green space expansion. Secondly, investigating and understanding the needs of residents, especially the location and size of new green spaces and related facilities, can increase the effectiveness and sustainability of policies [ 95 , 96 , 97 ]. Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on the use of urban infrastructure can provide insights for space management and can be used to support the decisions about planning to manage and maintain urban green spaces in the future [ 98 , 99 ].…”

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Understanding the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Perception and Use of Urban Green Spaces in Korea

Kim

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Faced with the prospect that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change will be far-reaching and long-term, the international community is showing interest in urban green space (UGS) and urban green infrastructure utilization as a solution. In this study, we investigated how citizens’ perceptions and use of UGS have changed during COVID-19. We also collected their ideas on how UGS can raise its usability. As a result, more people became to realize the importance of UGS. In particular, the urban environmental purification function from UGS was recognized as giving great benefits to respondents. On the other hand, the patterns of UGS use were mixed with decreasing UGS use to maintain social distancing or increasing UGS use to maintain health or substitute other restricted facilities. More than half of respondents had their UGS visit patterns impacted by COVID-19. In particular, the increase rate of UGS use was rather high in the group that seldom used UGS before COVID-19. In addition, they increased the use of UGS to replace other limited facilities, and thus tended to demand an increase in rest facilities. Based on these results, this paper suggested securing social support and sustainability for the policy by reflecting users’ demand in landscape planning related to the increase of UGS in the city. This study can contribute to improving the resilience of UGS and the sustainability of urban space planning.

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Understanding the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Perception and Use of Urban Green Spaces in Korea

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“…Also, it was suggested that residents on the urbanization gradient showed differentiated understanding on the green space benefits, such as the heat island effect mitigation and biodiversity enhancement [45]. More directly, a study in Tokyo suggested that bird or plant species with more obvious traits were perceived by more visitors, and a strengthened familiarity with local species which is less noticeable could enhance their perception of neighborhood biodiversity [6].…”

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Key Factors Strengthening Residents’ Psychological Well-Being and Critical Human-Nature Connections within the Living Spaces—An Example from Beijing

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Background: Residential green spaces and the co-inhabiting bird communities provide critical cultural ecosystem services for urban dwellers, which is critical for citizens’ psychological well-being but has largely been overlooked, especially in China. This study attempted to delineate the relationship between human-nature interactions occurring at different scenarios in the health deriving procedure, and identify the key factors influencing urban residents’ psychological well-being and the potential critical human-nature connections within their living spaces. Methods: Bird, plant, and social surveys were sequentially conducted. A model selection procedure based on AICc information was used to find the key factors that are responsible for residents’ psychological well-being, and logistic regression analysis was conducted to figure out the key drivers for the occurrence of critical within-living-space human-nature connections. Results: Most of the respondents are aware of the neighborhood biodiversity and most of them are fond of it, and respondents who prefer fauna over flora have a considerably lower depression degree. Watching birds is the only critical within-living-space nature-related activity that is responsible for residents’ psychological well-being. Both residents’ psychological well-being and bird watching activity were simultaneously affected by nature-related activities within and outside the living spaces, while their preference for different aspects of biodiversity and their capability in perceiving them were also important, despite the difference in exact parameters. In addition, personal attributes such as age, financial income, and physical or mental health status also contribute to psychological well-being. Conclusions: This study successfully bridged citizens’ minds with health products, and the major contribution was the demonstration of a spatial-scale-oriented circuit for people-nature connections, which contributes to the practical application of nature-based therapy.

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“…Most scholars study the direct impact of living environment factors on subjective well-being by analyzing surrounding facilities, community integration and neighborliness, housing conditions and housing quality, and using correlation analysis and regression analysis. There is many research on the impact of living environment on residents' subjective well-being, including sustainable and smart cities [1], community cohesion and social support [2], urban green space [3,4], ethnic composition within the community [5], different genders proportion [6], and age [7] etc. However, there are relatively few studies on special areas such as historic districts.…”

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Subjective Well-Being of Historical Neighborhood Residents in Beijing: The Impact on the Residential Environment

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The protection of historical neighborhood blocks is the key to maintaining Beijing’s historical and cultural significance. These districts in Beijing carry the history and culture of the city, however, their increasingly crowded environments and lack of infrastructure significantly affects the quality of life for residents. A regression analysis model is constructed in this paper based on data from a 2019 urban physical examination questionnaire deployed in Beijing. Beijing’s historical districts are taken as the research unit to analyze current residents’ satisfaction with the living environment, supporting further discussion on residents’ subjective well-being. Residents report low satisfaction overall with air pollution, service facilities, parking facilities, childcare facilities, daily shopping facilities, and other factors, suggesting that targeted improvements thereto may significantly improve residents’ subjective well-being. Analysis of different groups with different attributes reveals that the older residents of these areas tend to have higher education and income levels. It is believed that improvement in various factors of the living environment may improve subjective well-being; further, dissatisfaction with the living environment has a significant negative effect on the subjective well-being of, particularly, women and people with children in the family.

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Residents’ Living Environments, Self-Rated Health Status and Perceptions of Urban Green Space Benefits

Cited by 12 publications

References 70 publications

Understanding the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Perception and Use of Urban Green Spaces in Korea

Understanding the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Perception and Use of Urban Green Spaces in Korea

Key Factors Strengthening Residents’ Psychological Well-Being and Critical Human-Nature Connections within the Living Spaces—An Example from Beijing

Subjective Well-Being of Historical Neighborhood Residents in Beijing: The Impact on the Residential Environment

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