Espais verds urbans i salut humana: el rol de la qualitat

• Autores: Pablo Knobel Guelar
• Directores de la Tesis: Roser Maneja Zaragoza (dir. tes.), Payan Davdan (codir. tes.)
• Lectura: En la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ( España ) en 2020
• Idioma: español
• Tribunal Calificador de la Tesis: Isabelle Anguelovski (presid.), Miquel Marti Casanovas (secret.), Thomas Astell Burt (voc.)
• Programa de doctorado: Programa de Doctorado en Ciencia y Tecnología Ambientales por la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
• Materias:
  • Ciencias médicas
    • Epidemiología
• Enlaces
  • Tesis en acceso abierto en: TDX
• Resumen

  • The ongoing urbanization is leading to an increasing number of people living in urban areas worldwide. Concurrently, epidemiological evidence accumulates regarding the beneficial effects of green space on urban residents' physical and mental health. To date, most of the epidemiological studies of urban greenspaces exposure effects have only focused on the presence (or lack) of urban green, overlooking its quality. However, when looking for a source of inconsistency amongst the findings of the studies of the health benefits of green space exposure, the available literature points towards quality. This thesis aims to evaluate how the association between urban green spaces and human health is impacted by green space quality and the use of different greenspace measures.

    First, the stage is settled by systematically reviewing the currently available tools to assess the quality of urban green space. Second, the development and implementation of RECITAL, a novel quality assessment tool, is explained. Next, the quality assessment from RECITAL in Barcelona (ES) is used to analyze the role of quality in the association between urban green space and green space use, physical activity, and overweight/obesity. Finally, the associations of different greenspace exposure metrics with cardiovascular risk factors are evaluated and compared in a study based in Philadelphia (US).

    The results of this thesis suggest that both green space quality and the use of different greenspace measures play an essential role in the association between urban green spaces and human health. Moreover, this relationship is modified by the social, demographic, and economic personal context.