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Seeking everyday wellbeing: The coast as a therapeutic landscape by Bell, Sarah L., Phoenix, Cassandra, Lovell, Rebecca, Wheeler, Benedict W.

“…Recent research suggests coastal environments may promote human health and wellbeing. This article explores the diverse coastal experiences sought out by…”
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Longitudinal Effects on Mental Health of Moving to Greener and Less Green Urban Areas by Alcock, Ian, White, Mathew P, Wheeler, Benedict W, Fleming, Lora E, Depledge, Michael H

“…Despite growing evidence of public health benefits from urban green space there has been little longitudinal analysis. This study used panel data to explore…”
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Would You Be Happier Living in a Greener Urban Area? A Fixed-Effects Analysis of Panel Data by White, Mathew P., Alcock, Ian, Wheeler, Benedict W., Depledge, Michael H.

“…Urbanization is a potential threat to mental health and well-being. Cross-sectional evidence suggests that living closer to urban green spaces, such as parks,…”
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Spending at least 120 minutes a week in nature is associated with good health and wellbeing by White, Mathew P., Alcock, Ian, Grellier, James, Wheeler, Benedict W., Hartig, Terry, Warber, Sara L., Bone, Angie, Depledge, Michael H., Fleming, Lora E.

“…Spending time in natural environments can benefit health and well-being, but exposure-response relationships are under-researched. We examined associations…”
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Neighbourhood blue space, health and wellbeing: The mediating role of different types of physical activity by Pasanen, Tytti P., White, Mathew P., Wheeler, Benedict W., Garrett, Joanne K., Elliott, Lewis R.

“…Evidence suggests that living near blue spaces such as the coast, lakes and rivers may be good for health and wellbeing. Although greater levels of physical…”
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Attention Restoration Theory: A systematic review of the attention restoration potential of exposure to natural environments by Ohly, Heather, White, Mathew P., Wheeler, Benedict W., Bethel, Alison, Ukoumunne, Obioha C., Nikolaou, Vasilis, Garside, Ruth

“…Attention Restoration Theory (ART) suggests the ability to concentrate may be restored by exposure to natural environments. Although widely cited, it is…”
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Research note: Urban street tree density and antidepressant prescription rates—A cross-sectional study in London, UK by Taylor, Mark S., Wheeler, Benedict W., White, Mathew P., Economou, Theodoros, Osborne, Nicholas J.

“…•Routine data are used to investigate a link between urban greenery and mental health at an area level.•Street trees are a common and accessible form of urban…”
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Green space, health and wellbeing: making space for individual agency by Bell, Sarah L., Phoenix, Cassandra, Lovell, Rebecca, Wheeler, Benedict W.

“…This essay examines the assumptions of green space use underpinning much existing green space and health research. It considers opportunities to move the field…”
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Natural environments and subjective wellbeing: Different types of exposure are associated with different aspects of wellbeing by White, Mathew P., Pahl, Sabine, Wheeler, Benedict W., Depledge, Michael H., Fleming, Lora E.

“…Despite growing interest in the relationships between natural environments and subjective wellbeing (SWB), previous studies have various methodological and…”
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Health and climate related ecosystem services provided by street trees in the urban environment by Salmond, Jennifer A, Tadaki, Marc, Vardoulakis, Sotiris, Arbuthnott, Katherine, Coutts, Andrew, Demuzere, Matthias, Dirks, Kim N, Heaviside, Clare, Lim, Shanon, Macintyre, Helen, McInnes, Rachel N, Wheeler, Benedict W

“…Urban tree planting initiatives are being actively promoted as a planning tool to enable urban areas to adapt to and mitigate against climate change, enhance…”
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Coastal proximity and mental health among urban adults in England: The moderating effect of household income by Garrett, Joanne K., Clitherow, Theodore J., White, Mathew P., Wheeler, Benedict W., Fleming, Lora E.

“…After adjusting for covariates, self-reported general health in England is higher among populations living closer to the coast, and the association is…”
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Using Geonarratives to Explore the Diverse Temporalities of Therapeutic Landscapes: Perspectives from "Green" and "Blue" Settings by Bell, Sarah L., Wheeler, Benedict W., Phoenix, Cassandra

“…A growing evidence base highlights "green" and "blue" spaces as examples of "therapeutic landscapes" incorporated into people's lives to maintain a sense of…”
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Questing Ixodes ricinus ticks and Borrelia spp. in urban green space across Europe: A review by Hansford, Kayleigh M., Wheeler, Benedict W., Tschirren, Barbara, Medlock, Jolyon M.

“…For more than three decades, it has been recognized that Ixodes ricinus ticks occur in urban green space in Europe and that they harbour multiple pathogens…”
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Biodiversity, cultural pathways, and human health: a framework by Clark, Natalie E., Lovell, Rebecca, Wheeler, Benedict W., Higgins, Sahran L., Depledge, Michael H., Norris, Ken

“…•Humans have placed cultural importance on biodiversity for thousands of years.•We know that biodiversity can directly affect human health.•Indirect cultural…”
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Practical Applications of Deep Learning To Impute Heterogeneous Drug Discovery Data by Irwin, Benedict W J, Levell, Julian R, Whitehead, Thomas M, Segall, Matthew D, Conduit, Gareth J

“…Contemporary deep learning approaches still struggle to bring a useful improvement in the field of drug discovery because of the challenges of sparse, noisy,…”
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An ecosystem service perspective on urban nature, physical activity, and health by Remme, Roy P., Frumkin, Howard, Guerry, Anne D., King, Abby C., Mandle, Lisa, Sarabu, Chethan, Bratman, Gregory N., Giles-Corti, Billie, Hamel, Perrine, Han, Baolong, Hicks, Jennifer L., James, Peter, Lawler, Joshua J., Lindahl, Therese, Liu, Hongxiao, Lu, Yi, Oosterbroek, Bram, Paudel, Bibek, Sallis, James F., Schipperijn, Jasper, Sosič, Rok, de Vries, Sjerp, Wheeler, Benedict W., Wood, Spencer A., Wu, Tong, Daily, Gretchen C.

“…Nature underpins human well-being in critical ways, especially in health. Nature provides pollination of nutritious crops, purification of drinking water,…”
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Coastal proximity, health and well-being: Results from a longitudinal panel survey by White, Mathew P., Alcock, Ian, Wheeler, Benedict W., Depledge, Michael H.

“…Analysis of English census data revealed a positive association between self-reported health and living near the coast. However that analysis was based on…”
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Does living by the coast improve health and wellbeing? by Wheeler, Benedict W., White, Mathew, Stahl-Timmins, Will, Depledge, Michael H.

“…It is often assumed that spending time by the coast leads to better health and wellbeing, but there is strikingly little evidence regarding specific effects or…”
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A Systematic Review of the Health and Well-Being Benefits of Biodiverse Environments by Lovell, Rebecca, Wheeler, Benedict W., Higgins, Sahran L., Irvine, Katherine N., Depledge, Michael H.

“…Recent ecosystem service models have placed biodiversity as a central factor in the processes that link the natural environment to health. While it is…”
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Neighbourhood greenspace and smoking prevalence: Results from a nationally representative survey in England by Martin, Leanne, White, Mathew P., Pahl, Sabine, May, Jon, Wheeler, Benedict W.

“…Objective. The current study investigated whether people are less likely to be smokers when they live in greener neighbourhoods, and whether such an…”
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