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Urban green space and subjective well-being of older people: A systematic literature review

A growing number of articles have identified and reported the benefits and importance of urban green spaces for improving human well-being, but there is a significant knowledge gap regarding the impact of urban green spaces on the subjective well-being of older adults. The literature search (August...

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Main Authors: Xu, Tianrong, Nordin, Nikmatul Adha, Mohd Aini, Ainoriza
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Published: MDPI 2022
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HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
HT Communities. Classes. Races
HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/40765/
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spelling my.um.eprints.407652023-10-23T07:42:24Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/40765/ Urban green space and subjective well-being of older people: A systematic literature review Xu, Tianrong Nordin, Nikmatul Adha Mohd Aini, Ainoriza HQ The family. Marriage. Woman HT Communities. Classes. Races HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare A growing number of articles have identified and reported the benefits and importance of urban green spaces for improving human well-being, but there is a significant knowledge gap regarding the impact of urban green spaces on the subjective well-being of older adults. The literature search (August 2015-August 2022) was derived from two major scientific databases, Google Scholar, and Web of Science. As a result, 2558 articles were found, 1527 of which were retrieved from WOS and the rest from Google Scholar. Bibliometric methods and VOSviewer software were used to screen and organize the articles in the relevant fields. Finally, 65 articles met the review criteria. The included studies aim to capture the benefits of various features of urban green spaces in meeting or enhancing the subjective well-being needs of older adults. The results of our review further support the existence of a strong link between older adults' subjective well-being and various features of urban green spaces, providing new insights for future in-depth reexamination and policy development. Furthermore, the relationship between urban green spaces and older adults' subjective well-being depends not only on the urban green spaces themselves but also on the characteristics of the older adult population that uses them. MDPI 2022-11 Article PeerReviewed Xu, Tianrong and Nordin, Nikmatul Adha and Mohd Aini, Ainoriza (2022) Urban green space and subjective well-being of older people: A systematic literature review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (21). ISSN 1660-4601, DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114227 <https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114227>. 10.3390/ijerph192114227
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topic HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
HT Communities. Classes. Races
HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
spellingShingle HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
HT Communities. Classes. Races
HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
Xu, Tianrong
Nordin, Nikmatul Adha
Mohd Aini, Ainoriza
Urban green space and subjective well-being of older people: A systematic literature review
description A growing number of articles have identified and reported the benefits and importance of urban green spaces for improving human well-being, but there is a significant knowledge gap regarding the impact of urban green spaces on the subjective well-being of older adults. The literature search (August 2015-August 2022) was derived from two major scientific databases, Google Scholar, and Web of Science. As a result, 2558 articles were found, 1527 of which were retrieved from WOS and the rest from Google Scholar. Bibliometric methods and VOSviewer software were used to screen and organize the articles in the relevant fields. Finally, 65 articles met the review criteria. The included studies aim to capture the benefits of various features of urban green spaces in meeting or enhancing the subjective well-being needs of older adults. The results of our review further support the existence of a strong link between older adults' subjective well-being and various features of urban green spaces, providing new insights for future in-depth reexamination and policy development. Furthermore, the relationship between urban green spaces and older adults' subjective well-being depends not only on the urban green spaces themselves but also on the characteristics of the older adult population that uses them.
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author Xu, Tianrong
Nordin, Nikmatul Adha
Mohd Aini, Ainoriza
author_facet Xu, Tianrong
Nordin, Nikmatul Adha
Mohd Aini, Ainoriza
author_sort Xu, Tianrong
title Urban green space and subjective well-being of older people: A systematic literature review
title_short Urban green space and subjective well-being of older people: A systematic literature review
title_full Urban green space and subjective well-being of older people: A systematic literature review
title_fullStr Urban green space and subjective well-being of older people: A systematic literature review
title_full_unstemmed Urban green space and subjective well-being of older people: A systematic literature review
title_sort urban green space and subjective well-being of older people: a systematic literature review
publisher MDPI
publishDate 2022
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/40765/
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