Journal article
Having a tree in front of one's home is associated with GREATER subjective wellbeing in adult residents in Melbourne, Australia, and Toronto, Canada
Camilo Ordonez, Dave Kendal, Melanie Davern, Tenley Conway
Environmental Research | Elsevier | Published : 2024
Abstract
While urban trees can be important determinants of human health and wellbeing in world cities, the specific influence of nearby urban trees upon human wellbeing has not been adequately explored. While many studies have associated urban greenery abundance with wellbeing scores, many measures of urban greenery do not specify the type of vegetation or the impact of co-location. Here we fill this gap by associating self-reported measures of the presence of nearby trees (tree in front of one's home) with validated subjective wellbeing (SWB) scores. We also tested for the mediating role of what people thought about trees and nature, with a focus on the values people associate with urban trees and ..
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Awarded by Centre of Urban Environments of the University of Toronto, Canada
Funding Acknowledgements
Funding was provided by the University of Toronto - University of Melbourne joint research grant, 2020-2021; the Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Partnership grant (#LP160100780) ; the Australian Government's National Environmental Science Program through the Clean Air and Urban Landscapes Hub (CAUL) ; the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada (Partnership Engage and Development Grants No. 512059 and 511621) ; the Centre of Urban Environments of the University of Toronto, Canada; and the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) (CREATE Grant No 543300) . The funders played no role in study design, data collection, analysis and interpretation of data, or the writing of this manuscript.r (Partnership Engage and Development Grants No. 512059 and 511621) ; the Centre of Urban Environments of the University of Toronto, Canada; and the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) (CREATE Grant No 543300) . The funders played no role in study design, data collection, analysis and interpretation of data, or the writing of this manuscript.