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Tree Canopy Cover Is Best Associated with Perceptions of Greenspace: A Short Communication

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South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of New South Wales Medicine, Liverpool, NSW 2170, Australia
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Population Health, South Western Sydney Local Health District, Liverpool, NSW 2170, Australia
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School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales Medicine, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia
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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17(18), 6501; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17186501
Received: 27 July 2020 / Revised: 26 August 2020 / Accepted: 31 August 2020 / Published: 7 September 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Greenspaces and Health: Measures and Methods)
A growing literature has supported a relationship between greenspace and health. Various greenspace metrics exist; some are based on subjective measures while others are based on an objective assessment of the landscape. While subjective measures may better reflect individual feelings about surrounding greenspace and the resulting positive benefits thereof, they are expensive and difficult to collect. In contrast, objective measures can be derived with relative ease, in a timely fashion, and for large regions and populations. While there have been some attempts to compare objective and subjective measures of greenspace, what is lacking is a comprehensive assessment of a wide range of greenspace metrics against subjective measures of greenspace. We performed such an assessment using a set of three objective greenspace metrics and a survey of residents in Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia. Our study supported existing findings in that overall, there is very little agreement between perceived and objective greenspace metrics. We also found that tree canopy in 10 min walking buffers around residences was the objective greenspace measure in best agreement with perceived greenspace. View Full-Text
Keywords: tree canopy; greenspace; perceived greenspace; objective greenspace; geographic information systems; buffers tree canopy; greenspace; perceived greenspace; objective greenspace; geographic information systems; buffers
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Mazumdar, S.; Dunshea, A.; Chong, S.; Jalaludin, B. Tree Canopy Cover Is Best Associated with Perceptions of Greenspace: A Short Communication. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 6501. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17186501

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Mazumdar S, Dunshea A, Chong S, Jalaludin B. Tree Canopy Cover Is Best Associated with Perceptions of Greenspace: A Short Communication. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(18):6501. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17186501

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Mazumdar, Soumya, Alison Dunshea, Shanley Chong, and Bin Jalaludin. 2020. "Tree Canopy Cover Is Best Associated with Perceptions of Greenspace: A Short Communication" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 18: 6501. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17186501

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