TY - JOUR
T1 - Promoting ecosystem and human health in urban areas using Green Infrastructure: A literature review
AU - Kazmierczak, Aleksandra
AU - Tzoulas, Konstantinos
AU - Korpela, Kalevi
AU - Venn, Stephen
AU - Yli-Pelkonen, Vesa
AU - Kaźmierczak, Aleksandra
AU - Niemela, Jari
AU - James, Philip
PY - 2007/6/20
Y1 - 2007/6/20
N2 - Europe is a highly urbanised continent. The consequent loss and degradation of urban and peri-urban green space could adversely affect ecosystems as well as human health and well-being. The aim of this paper is to formulate a conceptual framework of associations between urban green space, and ecosystem and human health. Through an interdisciplinary literature review the concepts of Green Infrastructure, ecosystem health, and human health and well-being are discussed. The possible contributions of urban and peri-urban green space systems, or Green Infrastructure, on both ecosystem and human health are critically reviewed. Finally, based on a synthesis of the literature a conceptual framework is presented. The proposed conceptual framework highlights many dynamic factors, and their complex interactions, affecting ecosystem health and human health in urban areas. This framework forms the context into which extant and new research can be placed. In this way it forms the basis for a new interdisciplinary research agenda. © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
AB - Europe is a highly urbanised continent. The consequent loss and degradation of urban and peri-urban green space could adversely affect ecosystems as well as human health and well-being. The aim of this paper is to formulate a conceptual framework of associations between urban green space, and ecosystem and human health. Through an interdisciplinary literature review the concepts of Green Infrastructure, ecosystem health, and human health and well-being are discussed. The possible contributions of urban and peri-urban green space systems, or Green Infrastructure, on both ecosystem and human health are critically reviewed. Finally, based on a synthesis of the literature a conceptual framework is presented. The proposed conceptual framework highlights many dynamic factors, and their complex interactions, affecting ecosystem health and human health in urban areas. This framework forms the context into which extant and new research can be placed. In this way it forms the basis for a new interdisciplinary research agenda. © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
KW - Ecosystem health
KW - Green Infrastructure
KW - Human well-being
KW - Public health
KW - Urban ecosystem
U2 - 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2007.02.001
DO - 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2007.02.001
M3 - Article
SN - 0169-2046
VL - 81
SP - 167
EP - 178
JO - Landscape and Urban Planning
JF - Landscape and Urban Planning
IS - 3
ER -
