Urban green spaces, self-rated air pollution and health: A sensitivity analysis of green space characteristics and proximity in four European cities

thesis Urban green spaces, self-rated air pollution and health: A sensitivity analysis of green space characteristics and proximity in four European cities published CHe Marcel Cardinali author 584620000-0002-8841-9345 Mariëlle A. Beenackers author Arjan van Timmeren author Uta Pottgiesser author 271660000-0002-8594-3168 DEP1055 department DEP1620 department Exploring the influence of green space characteristics and proximity on health via air pollution mitigation, our study analysed data from 1,365 participants across Porto, Nantes, Sofia, and H & oslash;je-Taastrup. Utilizing OpenStreetMap and the AID-PRIGSHARE tool, we generated nine green space indicators around residential addresses at 15 distances, ranging from 100m to 1500m. We performed a mediation analysis for these 135 green space variables and revealed significant associations between self-rated air pollution and self-rated health for specific green space characteristics. In our study, indirect positive effects on health via air pollution were mainly associated with green corridors in intermediate Euclidean distances (800-1,000m) and the amount of accessible green spaces in larger network distances (1,400-1,500m). Our results suggest that the amount of connected green spaces measured in intermediate surroundings seems to be a prime green space characteristic that could drive the air pollution mitigation pathway to health. Elsevier BV2024 eng GreenspaceMitigationAir qualityPublic healthStructural equation modelling Health & place : an international journal ; a social science & medicine publication 1353-8292 1873-2054 38924920 00126044820000110.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103300 89 Cardinali, Marcel, Mariëlle A. Beenackers, Arjan van Timmeren, and Uta Pottgiesser. “Urban Green Spaces, Self-Rated Air Pollution and Health: A Sensitivity Analysis of Green Space Characteristics and Proximity in Four European Cities.” Health & Place : An International Journal ; a Social Science & Medicine Publication 89 (2024). <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103300">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103300</a>. Cardinali, M., Beenackers, M. A., Timmeren, A. van, & Pottgiesser, U. (2024). Urban green spaces, self-rated air pollution and health: A sensitivity analysis of green space characteristics and proximity in four European cities. Health & Place : An International Journal ; a Social Science & Medicine Publication, 89, Article 103300. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103300">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103300</a> Cardinali, Marcel u. a.: Urban green spaces, self-rated air pollution and health: A sensitivity analysis of green space characteristics and proximity in four European cities, in: Health & place : an international journal ; a social science & medicine publication 89 (2024). M. Cardinali, M.A. Beenackers, A. van Timmeren, U. Pottgiesser, Urban green spaces, self-rated air pollution and health: A sensitivity analysis of green space characteristics and proximity in four European cities, Health & Place : An International Journal ; a Social Science & Medicine Publication. 89 (2024). Cardinali M et al. (2024) Urban Green Spaces, Self-Rated Air Pollution and Health: A Sensitivity Analysis of Green Space Characteristics and Proximity in Four European Cities. Health & place : an international journal ; a social science & medicine publication 89. Cardinali, Marcel, et al. “Urban Green Spaces, Self-Rated Air Pollution and Health: A Sensitivity Analysis of Green Space Characteristics and Proximity in Four European Cities.” Health & Place : An International Journal ; a Social Science & Medicine Publication, vol. 89, 103300, 2024, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103300">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103300</a>. Cardinali M, Beenackers MA, Timmeren A van, Pottgiesser U. Urban green spaces, self-rated air pollution and health: A sensitivity analysis of green space characteristics and proximity in four European cities. Health & place : an international journal ; a social science & medicine publication. 2024;89.

Cardinali, Marcel ; Beenackers, Mariëlle A. ; Timmeren, Arjan van ; Pottgiesser, Uta: Urban green spaces, self-rated air pollution and health: A sensitivity analysis of green space characteristics and proximity in four European cities. In: Health & place : an international journal ; a social science & medicine publication Bd. 89. Amsterdam [u.a.], Elsevier BV (2024)

Cardinali, Marcel, Mariëlle A. Beenackers, Arjan van Timmeren und Uta Pottgiesser. 2024. Urban green spaces, self-rated air pollution and health: A sensitivity analysis of green space characteristics and proximity in four European cities. Health & place : an international journal ; a social science & medicine publication 89. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103300">10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103300</a>, .

M. Cardinali, M.A. Beenackers, A. van Timmeren, U. Pottgiesser, Health & Place : An International Journal ; a Social Science & Medicine Publication 89 (2024). M. Cardinali, M. A. Beenackers, A. van Timmeren, and U. Pottgiesser, “Urban green spaces, self-rated air pollution and health: A sensitivity analysis of green space characteristics and proximity in four European cities,” Health & place : an international journal ; a social science & medicine publication, vol. 89, Art. no. 103300, 2024, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103300">10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103300</a>. Cardinali M, Beenackers MA, Timmeren A van, Pottgiesser U. Urban green spaces, self-rated air pollution and health: A sensitivity analysis of green space characteristics and proximity in four European cities. Health & place : an international journal ; a social science & medicine publication. 2024;89. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103300">10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103300</a> 128302025-04-22T14:21:00Z2025-06-26T08:48:00Z