The nexus between air pollution, green infrastructure and human health

Kumar, Prashant; Druckman, Angela; Gallagher, John; Gatersleben, Birgitta; Allison, Sarah J.; Eisenman, Theodore S.; Hoang, Uy; Hama, Sarkawt; Tiwari, Arvind; Sharma, Ashish; Abhijith, K.V.; Adlakha, Deepti; McNabola, Aonghus; Astell-Burt, Thomas; Feng, Xiaoqi; Skeldon, Anne C.; Lusignan, Simon de; Morawska, Lidia

doi:10.1016/j.envint.2019.105181

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“…However, accumulating data do not provide support for an association between substantial air pollution reductions or increases in physical activity and a greater number of urban greenness areas. 60 , 61 Because data on social cohesion and mental health were not available for our study, we did not investigate those potential factors. Future studies are needed to explore potential mechanisms, preferably through the inclusion of more mediators and the performance of serial mediation tests.…”

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Association Between Residential Greenness, Cardiometabolic Disorders, and Cardiovascular Disease Among Adults in China

Yang

Jalaludin

et al. 2020

JAMA Netw Open

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Key Points Question Is the general vegetation level of a residential area, referred to as residential greenness, associated with cardiovascular disease among adults, and does the presence of cardiometabolic disorders mediate or modify the association between residential greenness and cardiovascular disease? Findings In this cross-sectional study of 24 845 adults in China, residential areas with higher greenness levels were associated with a lower likelihood of cardiovascular disease. The presence of cardiometabolic disorders partially mediated the association between residential greenness and cardiovascular disease. Meaning The study’s findings may be helpful for health care professionals and policy makers in the development of strategies, such as planning for green spaces in residential areas, to mitigate the burden of cardiovascular disease.

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Association Between Residential Greenness, Cardiometabolic Disorders, and Cardiovascular Disease Among Adults in China

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Jalaludin

et al. 2020

JAMA Netw Open

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“…Hence, green infrastructure and human health are inter-related. In a unique review article that was published recently, Kumar et al (2019) shed light on the nexus between green infrastructure, air quality and human health. The authors provided a holistic understanding of the links between the three aspects to facilitate decision making for policy and urban planners.…”

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Estimating Economic and Environmental Benefits of Urban Trees in Desert Regions

Isaifan

Baldauf

2020

Front. Ecol. Evol.

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Trees in urban areas have a significant impact on air quality and other environmental issues. Trees can affect the concentration of air pollutants that we breathe in by directly removing pollutants or avoiding emissions and secondary pollutant formation in the atmosphere. In addition, trees have other benefits including increasing property value, intercepting storm water runoff, and saving energy needed for cooling of buildings in hot seasons. In this work, we estimate economic and environmental benefits of three tree species typical for desert regions such as Acacia tortilis, Ziziphus spina-christi, and Phoenix dactylifera. The benefits varied by species with Acacia tortilis having the highest overall benefits, mostly because of its large leaf surface area and canopy shape. Tree benefits from carbon reduction reached up to US $14 billion annually. Mature trees tended to be more beneficial than smaller trees for improving environmental conditions. The location of trees had minimal impact on the overall economic value. This assessment provides urban planners, foresters, and developers in desert regions with the information needed to make informed decisions on the economic and environmental benefits of urban tree planting.

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“…Green space may serve as a potential modifier of other environmental risk factors of poor quality and insufficient sleep, such as traffic noise [20], excess heat [21], and air pollution [22]. Some work suggests that populations with more green space nearby may be buffered from the harms of noise annoyance, heat, and air pollution [23][24][25]. However, only one study has examined this effect modification pathway thus far, finding no evidence of interaction between green space and self-rated traffic noise in Swedish adults aged 18-79 [26].…”

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Impact of Residential Green Space on Sleep Quality and Sufficiency in Children and Adolescents Residing in Australia and Germany

Feng

Flexeder

Markevych

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Increasing evidence suggests adults living in greener areas tend to have more favourable sleep-related outcomes, but children and adolescents are under-researched. We hypothesised that children and adolescents living in greener areas would have better quality and more sufficient levels of sleep on average, especially within the context of high traffic noise exposure. These hypotheses were tested using multilevel logistic regressions fitted on samples from the nationally representative Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (10–11 years old, n = 3469, and 14–15 years old, n = 2814) and the GINIplus and LISA cohorts (10 years old, n = 1461, and 15 years old, n = 4172) from the Munich, Wesel, and Leipzig areas of Germany. Questionnaire-based binary indicators of sleep sufficiency and sleep quality in each cohort were assessed with respect to objectively measured green space exposures adjusting for age, sex, and maternal education. Models were augmented with proxy measures of traffic noise and two-way interaction terms to test for effect modification. Cross-tabulations illustrated little convincing evidence of association between green space and insufficient sleep or poor sleep quality in either sample, except for insufficient sleep among 10 year old participants in Germany. These null findings were replicated in adjusted models. The proxy for traffic noise was associated with poor quality sleep in 15 year old participants in Germany, but no convincing evidence of modified association with green space was observed.

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The nexus between air pollution, green infrastructure and human health

Cited by 314 publications

References 124 publications

Association Between Residential Greenness, Cardiometabolic Disorders, and Cardiovascular Disease Among Adults in China

Association Between Residential Greenness, Cardiometabolic Disorders, and Cardiovascular Disease Among Adults in China

Estimating Economic and Environmental Benefits of Urban Trees in Desert Regions

Impact of Residential Green Space on Sleep Quality and Sufficiency in Children and Adolescents Residing in Australia and Germany

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