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Efficiency of Green Space in Improving Mental Health and Wellbeing

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  • Shastitharran Baskaran
  • Shazmin Shareena Azis
  • Nur Amira Aina Zulkifli
  • Nur Hannani Ab Rahman

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Greenspace exposure to humans have benefited them in terms of mental health and wellbeing. Although various studies have shown the benefits of greenspace there is very limited studies that the overall efficiency of greenspace in improving mental health and wellbeing in various countries. This paper explores the efficiency of green space in improving mental health and wellbeing. The objective is achieved by reviewing past research papers and articles from database such as Google Scholar, Emerald Insight, ResearchGate, ScienceDirect and Elsevier that relates to the greenspace, mental health, and wellbeing. The findings found 40 articles that meets the requirement of the review. The efficiency of greenspace information from the reviewed articles are grouped into five groups, name of author, type pf greenspace, type of analysis, the city the research was done and the percentage of efficiency. The results were tabulated using content analysis method. In overall, the results show a positive relationship between green space and mental heal and wellbeing. This paper contributes to the residents in terms of location selection to buy a property and to the developer in terms of planning and consideration to include greenspace in the upcoming developments.

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  • Shastitharran Baskaran & Shazmin Shareena Azis & Nur Amira Aina Zulkifli & Nur Hannani Ab Rahman, 2022. "Efficiency of Green Space in Improving Mental Health and Wellbeing," ERES 2022_61, European Real Estate Society (ERES).
    • Handle: RePEc:arz:wpaper:2022_61
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    Keywords

    green space; Mental Health; Urbanisation; Wellbeing;
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    • R3 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location

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