Applying an ecosystem services framework on nature and mental health to recreational blue space visits across 18 countries

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 2209 - 19
• Main Authors: Garrett, Joanne K., White, Mathew P., Elliott, Lewis R., Grellier, James, Bell, Simon, Bratman, Gregory N., Economou, Theo, Gascon, Mireia, Lõhmus, Mare, Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark, Ojala, Ann, Roiko, Anne, van den Bosch, Matilda, Ward Thompson, Catharine, Fleming, Lora E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 06.03.2023; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/158/2458; 631/477; Aquatic ecosystems; Ecosystem; Ecosystem services; Ecosystems; Environmental management; Humanities and Social Sciences; Landscape architecture; Mental Health; multidisciplinary; Nature; Psychological Well-Being; Public Health; Recreation; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Society; Water; Well being

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 wit...