Designing blue green infrastructure (BGI) for water management, human health and wellbeing: summary of evidence and principles for design

Publication Year

2020

Document Status

Current

Abstract

Discusses the potential benefits of designing blue green infrastructure (BGI) to enhance mental health, physical health, and wellbeing. Covers: noise reduction, heat stress reduction, improved air quality, restorative and stress-reducing environments, increased social interaction and cohesion, increased physical activity, health inequalities and health-supporting blue and green environments, health outcomes and implications for BGI design.

Author

Choe, E. Y., Kenyon, A. and Sharp, E.

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