Applying an ecosystem services framework on nature and mental health to recreational blue space visits across 18 countries
- Author(s)
- Joanne K. Garrett, Mathew White, Lewis R. Elliott, James Grellier, Simon Bell, Gregory N. Bratman, Theo Economou, Mireia Gascon, Mare Lõhmus, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Ann Ojala, Anne Roiko, Matilda van den Bosch, Catharine Ward Thompson, Lora E. Fleming
- Abstract
The effects of ‘nature’ on mental health and subjective well-being have yet to be consistently integrated into ecosystem service models and frameworks. To address this gap, we used data on subjective mental well-being from an 18-country survey to test a conceptual model integrating mental health with ecosystem services, initially proposed by Bratman et al. We analysed a range of individual and contextual factors in the context of 14,998 recreational visits to blue spaces, outdoor environments which prominently feature water. Consistent with the conceptual model, subjective mental well-being outcomes were dependent upon on a complex interplay of environmental type and quality, visit characteristics, and individual factors. These results have implications for public health and environmental management, as they may help identify the bluespace locations, environmental features, and key activities, that are most likely to impact well-being, but also potentially affect recreational demand on fragile aquatic ecosystems.
- Organisation(s)
- Vienna Cognitive Science Hub
- External organisation(s)
- Jagiellonian University in Krakow, The Cyprus Institute, Climate and Health Programme, ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain., Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), University of Edinburgh, University of Exeter, Estonian University of Life Sciences, University of Washington, University Pompeu Fabra, Karolinska Institute, Natural Resources Institute Finland, Griffith University, University of British Columbia (UBC)
- Journal
- Scientific Reports (Nature Publisher Group)
- Volume
- 13
- No. of pages
- 19
- ISSN
- 2045-2322
- Publication date
- 03-2023
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 501001 General psychology
- Sustainable Development Goals
- SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
- Portal url
- https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/applying-an-ecosystem-services-framework-on-nature-and-mental-health-to-recreational-blue-space-visits-across-18-countries(db688976-7718-4b4e-8dcf-e03344f7bf32).html