Subjective perception of noise exposure in relation to urban green space availability

Koprowska, Karolina; Łaszkiewicz, Edyta; Kronenberg, Jakub; Marcińczak, Szymon

doi:10.1016/j.ufug.2018.01.018

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“…This may have affected the amount of greenery per image. Like elsewhere [17,23], some variables (i.e., noise) were incorporated through people's subjective experiences, which are likely to deviate from objective measurements [57]. To facilitate comparability with previous studies [24], we employed mediation analysis after Baron and Kenny [49].…”

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Urban greenery and mental wellbeing in adults: Cross-sectional mediation analyses on multiple pathways across different greenery measures

Wang

Helbich

Yao

et al. 2019

Environmental Research

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Background: Multiple mechanisms have been proposed to explain how greenery in the vicinity of people's homes enhances their mental health and wellbeing. Mediation studies, however, focus on a limited number of mechanisms and rely on remotely sensed greenery measures, which do not accurately capture how neighborhood greenery is perceived on the ground.Objective: To examine: 1) how streetscape and remote sensing-based greenery affect people's mental wellbeing; 2) whether and, if so, to what extent the associations are mediated by physical activity, stress, air quality and noise, and social cohesion; and 3) whether differences in the mediation across the streetscape greenery and NDVI exposure metrics occurred. Methods:We used a population sample from 2016 of 1,029 adult residents of the metropolis of Guangzhou, China. Mental wellbeing was quantified by the World Health Organization Well-Being Index (WHO-5). Two objective greenery measures were extracted at the neighborhood level: 1) streetscape greenery from street view data via a convolutional neural network, and 2) the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) from Landsat 8 remote sensing images. Single and multiple mediation analyses with multilevel regressions were conducted.Results: Streetscape and NDVI greenery were weakly and positively, but not significantly, correlated. Our regression results revealed that streetscape greenery and NDVI were, individually and jointly, positively associated with mental wellbeing. Significant partial mediators for the streetscape greenery were physical activity, stress, air quality and noise, and social cohesion; together, they explained 62% of the association.For NDVI, only physical activity and social cohesion were significant partial mediators, accounting for 22% of the association. Conclusions: Mental health and wellbeing and both streetscape and satellite-derived greenery seem to be both directly correlated and indirectly mediated. Our findings signify that both greenery measures capture different aspects of natural environments and may contribute to people's wellbeing by means of different mechanisms. 3 Keywords Green space; street view data; deep learning; mediation; mental wellbeing; China Highlights  Mechanisms underlying mental health and wellbeing benefits of greenery are not well established.  Streetscape greenery from street view images and a remote sensing-based vegetation index (NDVI) served as exposure measure. Higher mental wellbeing was correlated with more greenery, independently of the measure. Substantial proportions of greenery-wellbeing associations were explained by mediators; for streetscape greenery, mediation was higher. Different pathways seem to be at play across both greenery measures.

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confidence: 99%

Urban greenery and mental wellbeing in adults: Cross-sectional mediation analyses on multiple pathways across different greenery measures

Wang

Helbich

Yao

et al. 2019

Environmental Research

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“…Existing research usually supports the following viewpoints: Residents' perception of the urban space environment (including: Transportation, green space, noise, spatial scale, neighborhood facilities, informal spaces, etc.) will affect their behavior choices, well-being, and health outcomes [14][15][16]. The impact of the urban space environment on health is direct or indirect [17,18].…”

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The Impact of Street Space Perception Factors on Elderly Health in High-Density Cities in Macau—Analysis Based on Street View Images and Deep Learning Technology

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The urban space environment has been proven to be related to the health of the elderly. However, as a high-density city, Macau’s limited urban space must cope with the growing population and the arrival of an aging society. In the existing studies, less attention has been paid to Macau, especially the relationship between Macanese elderly and urban space. This study uses Baidu Street View (BSV) on the Macau Peninsula and conducts field surveys to obtain street view data to evaluate the openness, greenness, interface coverage, and road area ratio of street space and its association with the physical and mental health of the elderly and social health. The results show that the data truly reflect the overall street space conditions on the Macau Peninsula. The street openness, greenery rate, and interface enclosure are all related to the elderly in various evaluations in areas with a higher population dependency index and aging index. Human space perception is related to health gain, and road area ratio is weaker than other indicators. The research results have certain policy implications and have practical significance for city managers and designers.

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“…Kimpton (2017), after testing different measures of accessibility, concluded that choice of access measure might influence the relationship between access and socio-economic indicators. Hence, studies which focus on the development of appropriate measures or indicators of availability and accessibility of UGS are an important part of EJ research worldwide (Van Herzele, Wiedemann, 2003;Comber, Brunsdon, Green, 2008;La Rosa, 2014;Raymond et al, 2016;Koprowska et al, 2018;. Multi-dimensional indices to measure the availability of UGS have been also developed in many cities around the globe (Kabisch et al, 2016;Wüstemann, Kalisch, Kolbe, 2017).…”

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Environmental Justice in the Context of Urban Green Space Availability

Koprowska

2020

Folia Oeconomica

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Environmental justice is a term that includes both exposure to environmental ‘bads’ as well as access to environmental ‘goods’ which might be unequally experienced by different socio‑economic groups. In other words, environmental justice scholars study whether everybody can have an equal right to a healthy, nurturing environment which supports their development and well‑being. The environmental justice movement arose in response to the so‑called ‘environmental racism’ in the USA which affected communities of blue‑collar workers, people with lower income and of Afro‑American, Asian, Latin or native origins. Although initially environmental (in)justice was rooted in racial discrimination in the USA, nowadays it encompasses a wider range of issues, including problems at the local and global level, from degradation and pollution of natural resources to aspects related to spatial planning. Unequal access to environmental amenities – such as green spaces – was not the main focus of the discourse, however, it is gaining attention nowadays, especially in the context of urban environment. Urban green spaces influence health and well‑being of urban residents, but access to them can be uneven in terms of socio‑spatial heterogeneity. Growing challenges of living in cities, related to, among others, climate change, densification or sprawling of developments, urban heat islands, and other nuisances, require sustainable management of green spaces and provision of equal (socially just) access to benefits provided by these areas. Moreover, another important aspect of the discussion is linked to potentially beneficial planning decisions (e.g. increasing availability of urban green spaces) and their long‑term consequences, which may eventually lead to gentrification and increased social inequalities (environmental injustice). Complexity of the problem related to availability of green spaces in cities needs an interdisciplinary approach which combines ecological, spatial and socio‑economic aspects. The article reviews the current state‑of‑the‑art literature in the field of environmental justice, with particular emphasis on green space availability in the context of urban environment.

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Subjective perception of noise exposure in relation to urban green space availability

Cited by 76 publications

References 43 publications

Urban greenery and mental wellbeing in adults: Cross-sectional mediation analyses on multiple pathways across different greenery measures

Urban greenery and mental wellbeing in adults: Cross-sectional mediation analyses on multiple pathways across different greenery measures

The Impact of Street Space Perception Factors on Elderly Health in High-Density Cities in Macau—Analysis Based on Street View Images and Deep Learning Technology

Environmental Justice in the Context of Urban Green Space Availability

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