心理健康与加拿大城市的生物多样性有积极的关联
Rachel T Buxton1, Emma J Hudgins1,2, Eric Lavigne3,4
1Department of Biology and Institute of Environmental and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON Canada.
概括
加拿大城市的鸟类和树木多样性更高与自我报告的更好的心理健康有关. 这表明,城市绿化举措可以改善生态健康和人类福祉.
科学领域:
- 城市生态学 城市生态学
- 环境心理学环境心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 城市化对人类福祉和生物多样性构成挑战.
- 了解城市自然和心理健康之间的联系对于公共卫生和城市规划至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查加拿大大都会地区鸟类和树木物种多样性与自我评估心理健康之间的联系.
- 通过量化城市生物多样性的心理健康益处,为城市规划和公共卫生战略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 利用eBird社区科学数据和国家森林库存进行物种多样性估计.
- 将生物多样性数据与来自加拿大社区健康调查的自我报告的心理健康指标联系起来.
- 分析了从2007年到2022年的36个加拿大大都会地区的邮政编码级别数据,控制共变量.
主要成果:
- 在鸟类物种多样性和良好的自我报告的心理健康之间发现了显著的积极关系.
- 增加的树种丰富性也与更高的良好的心理健康报告有显著的关联.
- 鸟类多样性的标准偏差增加与报告良好的心理健康的6.64%的增加相关;树木丰富与5.36%的增加相关.
结论:
- 支持健康的城市生态系统,包括鸟类和树木的多样性,可以积极影响人类的心理健康.
- 研究结果支持将生物多样性保护纳入城市规划,以改善公共卫生结果.
- 城市绿化战略可以为环境可持续性和心理健康改善提供双重利益.
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