Greens Spaces & Health Payam Dadvand MD, PhD. About half of the world population is currently living in cities and there are some predictions that by.

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Greens Spaces & Health Payam Dadvand MD, PhD

About half of the world population is currently living in cities and there are some predictions that by 2030 three of every five persons will live in urban areas worldwide. Urban Environment World population growth Source: Rydin 2012

Green Spaces

Mechanisms: –Reduction in exposure to air pollution, heat and noise –Physical activity –Stress restoration –Social contact –Enriched microbiota

Green Spaces

Science.Science Apr 27;224(4647):420-1.

Green Spaces

Conclusions Green spaces: -Improve mental health and physical health and well-being -Reducing socioeconomic inequalities in health -Being a major component of the sustainability of urban environments, particularly in the context of predicted changes in future climate -Improving biodiversity in urban areas Green Spaces

Cons : -Producing allergens -Generating VOCs -Pesticides -Cost of maintenance -Hosting reservoirs/carriers of infectious diseases Green Spaces

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