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Research Question: To what extent would more green spaces improve the…
Research Question: To what extent would more green spaces improve the overall health of Springfield residents?
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Mental Health
Mental health can improve concentration, sleep, depression, and stress
In addition, blood pressure measurements were much lower among people who handled plants, suggesting that plants have the potential to mellow the body’s fight-or-flight response (stress) Lala Tanmoy Das
Concentration:
In an experiment two groups of people were given a math test. One group took a break in a green space (a park) and the other group took their break near a busy street. The group who was in the park showed increased focus and higher levels of concentration than the second group.
Andrew Avitt
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They studied mental health-related visits to the ER in certain neighborhoods in New York City and found that green spaces do benefit mental health but that neighborhood’s social vulnerability can modify this association.
Exposure to urban green space may both promote and harm mental health in socially vulnerable neighborhoods: A neighborhood-scale analysis in New York City.
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Green Spaces
Green spaces can be parks, gardening, indoor plants, or anywhere with large amounts of plants and social space
Indoor plants
In one experiment, participants who spent even five to 10 minutes in a room with a few houseplants felt happier and more satisfied than those in a room without plants.
Lala Tanmoy Das
In Sue Stuart-Smith’s book she describes a middle-aged woman who experienced neglect and violence and as an adult often had conflicts with her two adolescent sons which she raised by herself. All these life experiences caused her to have depression and she always described that gardening was the only time she felt happy
The Therapeutic Power of Gardening
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