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By Sara Fuller, Sarah Atkinson, Joe Painter

The final two decades have witnessed an incredible circulate within the aspirations of public coverage past assembly basically fabric objectives in the direction of more than a few results captured by utilizing the time period 'wellbeing'. still, the idea that of wellness is itself ill-defined. Bringing jointly a number views, this quantity examines the intersections of wellness and position, together with quick utilized policy  Read more...

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This work invites researchers to give expression to the range and depth of feelings present amongst research participants, rather than exclude these as part of a misplaced understanding of objectivity. Discussion As this review indicates, geographical engagements with wellbeing have taken a variety of different forms. From the development of territorial social indicators in the 1970s through to present day theorizations of therapeutic landscapes, geographers have approached wellbeing using a number of different conceptual frameworks and methodological strategies.

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As yet, however, it is not exactly clear what it is about proximity to urban greenspace that promotes health. There is some evidence that access to greenspace may promote increased physical activity, such as walking, running, and team sports, and that this in turn improves cardiovascular health and protects against obesity (Hillsdon et al. 2006, Maas et al. 2008). There may also be some psychologically calming effect as a result of being able to look onto and, at a city scale, be located within pleasant green environments (Ulrich 1984).

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