NDLI: Green Space Attachment and Health: A Comparative Study in Two Urban Neighborhoods

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Author	Zhang, Yang Dijk, Terry Van Tang, Jianjun Berg, Agnes E. Van Den
Editor	Tchounwou, Paul B.
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	The positive relationships between urban green space and health have been well documented. Little is known, however, about the role of residents’ emotional attachment to local green spaces in these relationships, and how attachment to green spaces and health may be promoted by the availability of accessible and usable green spaces. The present research aimed to examine the links between self-reported health, attachment to green space, and the availability of accessible and usable green spaces. Data were collected via paper-mailed surveys in two neighborhoods (n = 223) of a medium-sized Dutch city in the Netherlands. These neighborhoods differ in the perceived and objectively measured accessibility and usability of green spaces, but are matched in the physically available amount of urban green space, as well as in demographic and socio-economic status, and housing conditions. Four dimensions of green space attachment were identified through confirmatory factor analysis: place dependence, affective attachment, place identity and social bonding. The results show greater attachment to local green space and better self-reported mental health in the neighborhood with higher availability of accessible and usable green spaces. The two neighborhoods did not differ, however, in physical and general health. Structural Equation Modelling confirmed the neighborhood differences in green space attachment and mental health, and also revealed a positive path from green space attachment to mental health. These findings convey the message that we should make green places, instead of green spaces.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph121114342
Ending Page	14363
Page Count	22
Starting Page	14342
File Format	PDF
ISSN	16604601
e-ISSN	16604601
Journal	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Issue Number	11
Volume Number	12
Language	English
Publisher	MDPI
Publisher Date	2015-11-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	MDPI
Subject Keyword	Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis Pollution Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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