---
_id: '12863'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: This doctoral thesis critically examines green space characteristics and their
    proximity to residents in their ability to help reduce the global disease burden
    of non-communicable diseases. By dissecting three pivotal pathways of theorized
    green space health effects through increased physical activity, increased social
    cohesion, and reduced air pollution, the thesis aims to provide new insights into
    which green space characteristics drive these relationships and in which distance
    they occur. To achieve these aims, this thesis develops reporting guidelines for
    the research field, a QGIS script for automatization of green space indicator
    development and uses two complementary sources for data collection. It builds
    on the self-reported data on physical activity, social cohesion, air pollution,
    health and mental health from the URBiNAT project and its case studies in the
    four European satellite neighbourhoods Nantes-Nord (France), Porto-Campanhã (Portugal),
    Sofia-Nadezhda (Bulgaria), and Høje-Taastrup (Denmark) and complements it with
    a rigorous spatial analysis. This enabled a rigorous sensitivity analysis based
    on up to 135 structural equation models per pathway. The results of this doctoral
    research revealed distinct green space characteristics and proximities that drive
    each pathway, including thresholds where these associations disappear or even
    change direction. It concludes that interconnected, multi-use green corridors
    are more beneficial than isolated patches for all space strategies to shift focus
    from mere ratios to green mobility infrastructures. Although rooted primarily
    in European contexts and of a cross-sectional nature, the doctoral research provides
    new evidence for urban planning and public health. It emphasizes the practical
    implications of how to design green spaces to address health concerns. The results
    not only resonate with the WHO's Urban Health Research Agenda but also provide
    tangible recommendations for a healthier human habitat.
author:
- first_name: Marcel
  full_name: Cardinali, Marcel
  id: '58462'
  last_name: Cardinali
  orcid: 0000-0002-8841-9345
citation:
  ama: Cardinali M. <i>Green Health. Examining the Role of Green Space Characteristics
    and Their Proximity in Green Space Health Pathways</i>. Vol 9. A+BE; 2024. doi:<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.71690/ABE.2024.09">10.71690/ABE.2024.09</a>
  apa: Cardinali, M. (2024). <i>Green Health. Examining the role of green space characteristics
    and their proximity in green space health pathways</i> (Vol. 9). A+BE. <a href="https://doi.org/10.71690/ABE.2024.09">https://doi.org/10.71690/ABE.2024.09</a>
  bjps: '<b>Cardinali M</b> (2024) <i>Green Health. Examining the Role of Green Space
    Characteristics and Their Proximity in Green Space Health Pathways</i>. Delft:
    A+BE.'
  chicago: 'Cardinali, Marcel. <i>Green Health. Examining the Role of Green Space
    Characteristics and Their Proximity in Green Space Health Pathways</i>. Vol. 9.
    A+BE (2024). Delft: A+BE, 2024. <a href="https://doi.org/10.71690/ABE.2024.09">https://doi.org/10.71690/ABE.2024.09</a>.'
  chicago-de: 'Cardinali, Marcel. 2024. <i>Green Health. Examining the role of green
    space characteristics and their proximity in green space health pathways</i>.
    Bd. 9. A+BE (2024). Delft: A+BE. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.71690/ABE.2024.09">10.71690/ABE.2024.09</a>,
    .'
  din1505-2-1: '<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Cardinali, Marcel</span>: <i>Green
    Health. Examining the role of green space characteristics and their proximity
    in green space health pathways</i>, <i>A+BE (2024)</i>. Bd. 9. Delft : A+BE, 2024'
  havard: M. Cardinali, Green Health. Examining the role of green space characteristics
    and their proximity in green space health pathways, A+BE, Delft, 2024.
  ieee: 'M. Cardinali, <i>Green Health. Examining the role of green space characteristics
    and their proximity in green space health pathways</i>, vol. 9. Delft: A+BE, 2024.
    doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.71690/ABE.2024.09">10.71690/ABE.2024.09</a>.'
  mla: Cardinali, Marcel. <i>Green Health. Examining the Role of Green Space Characteristics
    and Their Proximity in Green Space Health Pathways</i>. A+BE, 2024, <a href="https://doi.org/10.71690/ABE.2024.09">https://doi.org/10.71690/ABE.2024.09</a>.
  short: M. Cardinali, Green Health. Examining the Role of Green Space Characteristics
    and Their Proximity in Green Space Health Pathways, A+BE, Delft, 2024.
  ufg: '<b>Cardinali, Marcel</b>: Green Health. Examining the role of green space
    characteristics and their proximity in green space health pathways, Bd. 9, Delft
    2024 (A+BE (2024)).'
  van: 'Cardinali M. Green Health. Examining the role of green space characteristics
    and their proximity in green space health pathways. Delft: A+BE; 2024. 312 p.
    (A+BE (2024); vol. 9).'
date_created: 2025-04-24T15:30:41Z
date_updated: 2025-04-25T07:35:13Z
ddc:
- '710'
defense_date: 2024-04-22
department:
- _id: DEP1000
- _id: DEP1055
doi: 10.71690/ABE.2024.09
has_accepted_license: '1'
intvolume: '         9'
keyword:
- Health
- Green Space
- Green Infrastructure
- Well-being
- Structural Equation Modeling
language:
- iso: eng
page: '312'
place: Delft
publication_identifier:
  isbn:
  - 978-94-6366-849-1
  issn:
  - 2212-3202
publication_status: published
publisher: A+BE
series_title: A+BE (2024)
status: public
supervisor:
- first_name: Uta
  full_name: Pottgiesser, Uta
  id: '27166'
  last_name: Pottgiesser
  orcid: 0000-0002-8594-3168
- first_name: Arjan
  full_name: van Timmeren, Arjan
  last_name: van Timmeren
- first_name: Mariëlle
  full_name: Beenackers, Mariëlle
  last_name: Beenackers
title: Green Health. Examining the role of green space characteristics and their proximity
  in green space health pathways
type: dissertation
user_id: '83781'
volume: 9
year: '2024'
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