Tree Cover and Crime (07-18-12)
Troy and his colleagues investigated the relationship between tree cover and crime.
Troy and his colleagues investigated the relationship between tree cover and crime.
As McWilliam and her colleagues state “adjacent residential land uses degrade urban forests following development.”
Home, Hunziker, and Bauer investigated why people visit urban green spaces.
Childhood obesity is a significant public health issue in many communities.
Are the same sorts of places restorative, comfortably safe, and preferred during both the day and night?
Research by Marc Berman, a post-doctoral fellow at Baycrest’s Rotman Research Institute in Toronto and colleagues has linked walking in natural settings and improved memory function in people with major depression.
The design and management of the natural environments available to suburbanites and city dwellers have a significant influence on the well-being of humans and their planet.
Thompson led a research effort investigating the relationship between green space on well-being in deprived communities in Scotland.
A team based at the University of Sheffield has found that the public is willing to pay more for greener urban spaces.
Another benefit to children of being outdoors has been identified – that time outside seems to improve their vision.