Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) Student Services Contractor at US EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA.
Center for Computational Toxicology & Exposure, Office of Research and Development, US Environmental Protection Agency, Duluth, MN 55804, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 May 17;19(10):6090. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19106090.
In environmental programs and blue/green space development, improving aesthetics is a common goal. There is broad interest in understanding the relationship between ecologically sound environments that people find aesthetically pleasing and human health. However, to date, few studies have adequately assessed this relationship, and no summaries or reviews of this line of research exist. Therefore, we undertook a systematic literature review to determine the state of science and identify critical needs to advance the field. Keywords identified from both aesthetics and loss of habitat literature were searched in PubMed and Web of Science databases. After full text screening, 19 studies were included in the review. Most of these studies examined some measure of greenspace/bluespace, primarily proximity. Only one study investigated the impacts of making space quality changes on a health metric. The studies identified for this review continue to support links between green space and various metrics of health, with additional evidence for blue space benefits on health. No studies to date adequately address questions surrounding the beneficial use impairment degradation of aesthetics and how improving either environmental quality (remediation) or ecological health (restoration) efforts have impacted the health of those communities.
在环境规划和蓝/绿空间开发中，提升美感是一个共同的目标。人们广泛关注的是理解人们觉得美观的生态健全环境与人类健康之间的关系。然而，迄今为止，很少有研究充分评估这种关系，也没有对这一研究领域的总结或综述。因此，我们进行了系统的文献回顾，以确定该领域的科学现状并确定推进该领域的关键需求。从美学和栖息地丧失文献中确定的关键词在 PubMed 和 Web of Science 数据库中进行了搜索。经过全文筛选，有 19 项研究被纳入综述。这些研究大多都检验了某种形式的绿地/蓝地空间，主要是接近程度。只有一项研究调查了改变空间质量对健康指标的影响。本综述中确定的研究继续支持绿色空间与各种健康指标之间的联系，并提供了更多关于蓝色空间对健康益处的证据。迄今为止，还没有研究能够充分解决与美学有益利用受损退化相关的问题，以及改善环境质量（修复）或生态健康（恢复）工作如何影响这些社区的健康问题。
