Turning vacant urban land into green spaces significantly reduces feelings of depression and improves overall mental health for the surrounding residents, according to a new study.
The findings have implications for cities across the United States, where 15 percent of land is deemed “vacant” and often blighted or filled with trash and overgrown vegetation, according to researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine and the School of Arts & Sciences at the University of...
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source https://psychcentral.com/news/2018/07/22/turning-vacant-lots-into-green-spaces-shown-to-reduce-depression/137171.html
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