Nature-based solutions and mental health

Kabisch, Nadja and Basu, Sukanya and van den Bosch, Matilda and Bratman, Gregory N. and Masztalerz, Oskar (2023) Nature-based solutions and mental health. In: Nature-based solutions for cities. Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, UK, pp. 192-212. ISBN 9781800376762

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Abstract

This chapter demonstrates the mental health benefits of nature-based solutions in cities. First, factors that determine urban mental health and adverse health effects of environmental stressors in cities are explained. Second, it is demonstrated that green spaces as nature-based solutions for many societal challenges provide co-benefits for mental health by reducing these stressors. It is further discussed how nature-based solutions may target supporting mental health by providing resources for human–nature interaction, enhancing social interaction and strengthening mental resilience. Nature-based interventions that are originally intended to support persons with psychiatric illness are introduced as models for the design of mentally supportive cities. And third, two case studies illustrate the mental health benefits of urban parks with the example of Leipzig, Germany and of street trees by the example of Hyderabad, India. The two case studies were used as application cases for a recent conceptual framework as a guide for putting science into practice.

Item Type:	Book Section
Authors:	Kabisch, Nadja and Basu, Sukanya and van den Bosch, Matilda and Bratman, Gregory N. and Masztalerz, Oskar
Editors:	Editors Email ORCID McPhearson, Timon UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kabisch, Nadja UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Frantzeskak, Niki UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
Document Language:	Language English
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Cities, Mental health, Well-being, Urban green space, Nature, Design, Urban planning
Subjects:	Social sciences > Sociology & anthropology > Communities > Planning and development > Development > Urban development Social sciences > Law > Labor, social, education & cultural law > Miscellaneous social problems and services > Environmental protection Public Health
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > School of Climate Change and Sustainability
Full Text Status:	Public
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/6819
Publisher URL:	https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800376...

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