---
_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. Green Health. Examining the Role of Green Space Characteristics
and Their Proximity in Green Space Health Pathways. Vol 9. A+BE; 2024. doi:10.71690/ABE.2024.09
apa: Cardinali, M. (2024). Green Health. Examining the role of green space characteristics
and their proximity in green space health pathways (Vol. 9). A+BE. https://doi.org/10.71690/ABE.2024.09
bjps: 'Cardinali M (2024) Green Health. Examining the Role of Green Space
Characteristics and Their Proximity in Green Space Health Pathways. Delft:
A+BE.'
chicago: 'Cardinali, Marcel. Green Health. Examining the Role of Green Space
Characteristics and Their Proximity in Green Space Health Pathways. Vol. 9.
A+BE (2024). Delft: A+BE, 2024. https://doi.org/10.71690/ABE.2024.09.'
chicago-de: 'Cardinali, Marcel. 2024. Green Health. Examining the role of green
space characteristics and their proximity in green space health pathways.
Bd. 9. A+BE (2024). Delft: A+BE. doi:10.71690/ABE.2024.09,
.'
din1505-2-1: 'Cardinali, Marcel: Green
Health. Examining the role of green space characteristics and their proximity
in green space health pathways, A+BE (2024). 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, Green Health. Examining the role of green space characteristics
and their proximity in green space health pathways, vol. 9. Delft: A+BE, 2024.
doi: 10.71690/ABE.2024.09.'
mla: Cardinali, Marcel. Green Health. Examining the Role of Green Space Characteristics
and Their Proximity in Green Space Health Pathways. A+BE, 2024, https://doi.org/10.71690/ABE.2024.09.
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: 'Cardinali, Marcel: 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'
...
---
_id: '12900'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Green (and blue) spaces receive attention as important components of cities
that can help to mitigate the effects of climate change, support biodiversity
and improve public health. Green space planning aims to transform cities towards
urban sustainability and resilience. In a longitudinal study, representatives
from eleven European municipalities that had previously been interviewed in 2014
were re-interviewed in 2020–2021 on changes in urban greening and related practices.
The interviewees reported mainly advancements in dealing with ecological issues,
such as new plans, strategies, regulations or funding programmes for climate adaptation
or biodiversity support, as well as some progress in co-governance with non-governmental
stakeholders. Promising developments include breaking professional silos by creating
new units that can better deal with complex urban issues. In a few cases, high-level
local politicians induced profound changes. These changes stimulated the development
of new planning and governance cultures, resulting in more co-creation of urban
green spaces. However, from a transformation studies perspective, incremental
strategies dominate, and even when municipal representatives are aware that substantive
changes are needed, they often lack the means to act. For more radical system
change, significant extra efforts are needed.
author:
- first_name: Rieke
full_name: Hansen, Rieke
last_name: Hansen
- first_name: Marleen
full_name: Buizer, Marleen
last_name: Buizer
- first_name: Arjen
full_name: Buijs, Arjen
last_name: Buijs
- first_name: Stephan
full_name: Pauleit, Stephan
last_name: Pauleit
- first_name: Thomas
full_name: Mattijssen, Thomas
last_name: Mattijssen
- first_name: Hanna
full_name: Fors, Hanna
last_name: Fors
- first_name: Alexander
full_name: van der Jagt, Alexander
last_name: van der Jagt
- first_name: Nadja
full_name: Kabisch, Nadja
last_name: Kabisch
- first_name: Mandy
full_name: Cook, Mandy
last_name: Cook
- first_name: Tim
full_name: Delshammar, Tim
last_name: Delshammar
- first_name: Thomas B.
full_name: Randrup, Thomas B.
last_name: Randrup
- first_name: Sabrina
full_name: Erlwein, Sabrina
last_name: Erlwein
- first_name: Kati
full_name: Vierikko, Kati
last_name: Vierikko
- first_name: Hanna
full_name: Nieminen, Hanna
last_name: Nieminen
- first_name: Johannes
full_name: Langemeyer, Johannes
last_name: Langemeyer
- first_name: Camille
full_name: Soson Texereau, Camille
last_name: Soson Texereau
- first_name: Ana Catarina
full_name: Luz, Ana Catarina
last_name: Luz
- first_name: Mojca
full_name: Nastran, Mojca
last_name: Nastran
- first_name: Anton Stahl
full_name: Olafsson, Anton Stahl
last_name: Olafsson
- first_name: Maja
full_name: Steen Møller, Maja
last_name: Steen Møller
- first_name: Dagmar
full_name: Haase, Dagmar
last_name: Haase
- first_name: Werner
full_name: Rolf, Werner
id: '86423'
last_name: Rolf
orcid: 0000-0001-7040-034X
- first_name: Bianca
full_name: Ambrose-Oji, Bianca
last_name: Ambrose-Oji
- first_name: Cristina
full_name: Branquinho, Cristina
last_name: Branquinho
- first_name: Gilles
full_name: Havik, Gilles
last_name: Havik
- first_name: Jakub
full_name: Kronenberg, Jakub
last_name: Kronenberg
- first_name: Cecil
full_name: Konijnendijk, Cecil
last_name: Konijnendijk
citation:
ama: Hansen R, Buizer M, Buijs A, et al. Transformative or piecemeal? Changes in
green space planning and governance in eleven European cities. European Planning
Studies. 2023;31(12):2401-2424. doi:10.1080/09654313.2022.2139594
apa: Hansen, R., Buizer, M., Buijs, A., Pauleit, S., Mattijssen, T., Fors, H., van
der Jagt, A., Kabisch, N., Cook, M., Delshammar, T., Randrup, T. B., Erlwein,
S., Vierikko, K., Nieminen, H., Langemeyer, J., Soson Texereau, C., Luz, A. C.,
Nastran, M., Olafsson, A. S., … Konijnendijk, C. (2023). Transformative or piecemeal?
Changes in green space planning and governance in eleven European cities. European
Planning Studies, 31(12), 2401–2424. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2022.2139594
bjps: Hansen R et al. (2023) Transformative or Piecemeal? Changes
in Green Space Planning and Governance in Eleven European Cities. European
Planning Studies 31, 2401–2424.
chicago: 'Hansen, Rieke, Marleen Buizer, Arjen Buijs, Stephan Pauleit, Thomas Mattijssen,
Hanna Fors, Alexander van der Jagt, et al. “Transformative or Piecemeal? Changes
in Green Space Planning and Governance in Eleven European Cities.” European
Planning Studies 31, no. 12 (2023): 2401–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2022.2139594.'
chicago-de: 'Hansen, Rieke, Marleen Buizer, Arjen Buijs, Stephan Pauleit, Thomas
Mattijssen, Hanna Fors, Alexander van der Jagt, u. a. 2023. Transformative or
piecemeal? Changes in green space planning and governance in eleven European cities.
European Planning Studies 31, Nr. 12: 2401–2424. doi:10.1080/09654313.2022.2139594,
.'
din1505-2-1: 'Hansen,
Rieke ; Buizer, Marleen ;
Buijs, Arjen ; Pauleit,
Stephan ; Mattijssen, Thomas
; Fors, Hanna ; van
der Jagt, Alexander ; Kabisch, Nadja
; u. a.: Transformative or piecemeal? Changes in green space planning and
governance in eleven European cities. In: European Planning Studies Bd.
31. London [u.a.] , Taylor & Francis (2023), Nr. 12, S. 2401–2424'
havard: R. Hansen, M. Buizer, A. Buijs, S. Pauleit, T. Mattijssen, H. Fors, A. van
der Jagt, N. Kabisch, M. Cook, T. Delshammar, T.B. Randrup, S. Erlwein, K. Vierikko,
H. Nieminen, J. Langemeyer, C. Soson Texereau, A.C. Luz, M. Nastran, A.S. Olafsson,
M. Steen Møller, D. Haase, W. Rolf, B. Ambrose-Oji, C. Branquinho, G. Havik, J.
Kronenberg, C. Konijnendijk, Transformative or piecemeal? Changes in green space
planning and governance in eleven European cities, European Planning Studies.
31 (2023) 2401–2424.
ieee: 'R. Hansen et al., “Transformative or piecemeal? Changes in green space
planning and governance in eleven European cities,” European Planning Studies,
vol. 31, no. 12, pp. 2401–2424, 2023, doi: 10.1080/09654313.2022.2139594.'
mla: Hansen, Rieke, et al. “Transformative or Piecemeal? Changes in Green Space
Planning and Governance in Eleven European Cities.” European Planning Studies,
vol. 31, no. 12, 2023, pp. 2401–24, https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2022.2139594.
short: R. Hansen, M. Buizer, A. Buijs, S. Pauleit, T. Mattijssen, H. Fors, A. van
der Jagt, N. Kabisch, M. Cook, T. Delshammar, T.B. Randrup, S. Erlwein, K. Vierikko,
H. Nieminen, J. Langemeyer, C. Soson Texereau, A.C. Luz, M. Nastran, A.S. Olafsson,
M. Steen Møller, D. Haase, W. Rolf, B. Ambrose-Oji, C. Branquinho, G. Havik, J.
Kronenberg, C. Konijnendijk, European Planning Studies 31 (2023) 2401–2424.
ufg: 'Hansen, Rieke u. a.: Transformative or piecemeal? Changes in green
space planning and governance in eleven European cities, in: European Planning
Studies 31 (2023), H. 12, S. 2401–2424.'
van: Hansen R, Buizer M, Buijs A, Pauleit S, Mattijssen T, Fors H, et al. Transformative
or piecemeal? Changes in green space planning and governance in eleven European
cities. European Planning Studies. 2023;31(12):2401–24.
date_created: 2025-05-08T12:03:02Z
date_updated: 2026-03-26T09:48:50Z
department:
- _id: DEP9000
- _id: DEP9012
doi: 10.1080/09654313.2022.2139594
extern: '1'
intvolume: ' 31'
issue: '12'
keyword:
- Co-governance
- participation
- climate change
- sustainability transformations
- green infrastructure
language:
- iso: eng
page: 2401-2424
place: 'London [u.a.] '
publication: European Planning Studies
publication_identifier:
eissn:
- 1469-5944
issn:
- 0965-4313
publication_status: published
publisher: Taylor & Francis
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: Transformative or piecemeal? Changes in green space planning and governance
in eleven European cities
type: scientific_journal_article
user_id: '86423'
volume: 31
year: '2023'
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