Health Effects of Living in Green Environment – Case Study from Helsinki, Finland

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Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Landscape and Human Health: Forests, Parks and Green Care. May 17 - 19, 2017, Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, Austria: (2017) , S. 97

Although Finnish cities are still fairly green compared to the European average, heavy pressures are placed on green spaces of the largest growth centers such as the Helsinki Metropolitan Area. Therefore, more rigorous information is needed about health benefits of green areas to secure their provision in urban planning. Although the health effects of green exposure has been increasingly studied (e.g. Maas et al 2008, Hartig et al. 2014, Tyrväinen et al. 2014, Pietilä et al. 2015), there is still a lack of consistent scientific knowledge of the longterm benefits of living in the green environment.
Keywords | Urban green areas, physical health benefits, GIS-data, perceived health