ArticleInfection ecology & epidemiology2015
Making green infrastructure healthier infrastructure.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Why a New Research Agenda on Green Spaces and Health Is Needed in Latin America: Results of a Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Green spaces and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies.The Lancet. Planetary health · 2019Pooled it
- Greenspace and Atopic Sensitization in Children and Adolescents-A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Pooled it
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- Exploring the relationship between urban green infrastructure connectivity, size and multifunctionality: a systematic review.Landscape ecology · 2025Review
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- Greenspaces and Health: Scoping Review of studies in Europe.Public health reviews · 2024Article
- Correlation of time trends of air pollutants, greenspaces and tracheal, bronchus and lung cancer incidence and mortality among the adults in United States.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Article
- Impact of Human Activities on Disease-Spreading Mosquitoes in Urban Areas.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2023Review
- Examining the paradox of urban disease ecology by linking the perspectives of Urban One Health and Ecology with Cities.Urban ecosystems · 2022Article
- The roles of residential greenness in the association between air pollution and health: a systematic review.Environmental research letters : ERL [Web site] · 2021Article
- An ecosystem service perspective on urban nature, physical activity, and health.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021Article
- Friends in All the Green Spaces: Weather Dependent Changes in Urban Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) Abundance and Diversity.Insects · 2021Article
- A tool for assessing the climate change mitigation and health impacts of environmental policies: the Cities Rapid Assessment Framework for Transformation (CRAFT).Wellcome open research · 2020Article
- Interactions between Ambient Air Particles and Greenness on Cause-specific Mortality in Seven Korean Metropolitan Cities, 2008-2016.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
Increasing urban green and blue structure is often pointed out to be critical for sustainable development and climate change adaptation, which has led to the rapid expansion of greening activities in cities throughout the world. This process is likely to have a direct impact on the citizens' quality of life and public health. However, alongside numerous benefits, green and blue infrastructure also has the potential to create unexpected, undesirable, side-effects for health. This paper considers several potential harmful public health effects that might result from increased urban biodiversity, urban bodies of water, and urban tree cover projects. It does so with the intent of improving awareness and motivating preventive measures when designing and initiating such projects. Although biodiversity has been found to be associated with physiological benefits for humans in several studies, efforts to increase the biodiversity of urban environments may also promote the introduction and survival of vector or host organisms for infectious pathogens with resulting spread of a variety of diseases. In addition, more green connectivity in urban areas may potentiate the role of rats and ticks in the spread of infectious diseases. Bodies of water and wetlands play a crucial role in the urban climate adaptation and mitigation process. However, they also provide habitats for mosquitoes and toxic algal blooms. Finally, increasing urban green space may also adversely affect citizens allergic to pollen. Increased awareness of the potential hazards of urban green and blue infrastructure should not be a reason to stop or scale back projects. Instead, incorporating public health awareness and interventions into urban planning at the earliest stages can help insure that green and blue infrastructure achieves full potential for health promotion.
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