Reducing loneliness through nature-based social prescribing: Testing innovations in six cities worldwide and generating evidence to support community-based solutions.
Are you prepared for the health risks of extreme heat? Our new study shows that exposure to extreme heat increases the risk of mortality from Non-Communicable Diseases. Check out our systematic review of the effects of extreme heat, both indoors and outdoors, on health in the UK.
Urban greenness affects people’s physical and mental health. Residential greenness is associated with reductions in cortisol levels after six months in patients with chronic heart failure undergoing rehabilitation.
How do people conceptualize pathogen transmission risk in cities using visible cues?
The COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and the switch to online learning impacted the life of university students. We looked at wellbeing in relation to use of greenspaces during the 3rd ‘lockdown’ in England.
Canadian youth who had better mental health during the first summer of the pandemic tended to also have more nearly local neighbourhood destinations.
Odour pollution impacts our mental and physical wellbeing without being noticed very often – bad smells can have a negative impact on how we think and feel. Bad odour can affect our work and home environments in a negative way so why don’t we take it more seriously?
There are so many neighbourhood-level drivers that impact our health that making sense of all the data can be difficult. This tool helps us understand
Rain waterfalls, patterns of dappled light, and visual connections with nature. The Walumba Elders Centre (Warmun Community, Western Australia, 2014). Photographer Peter Bennetts