Testing the reliability and effectiveness of the BlueHealth environmental assessment tool (BEAT)

Available on 19 February 2021

Published Green open access in Health and Place ›

BlueHealth researchers have published a new paper explaining how they tested the reliability of the BlueHealth Environmental Assessment Tool, or BEAT for short. Led by Dr Himansu…

Water governance for health in Plymouth

Available on 13 February 2021

Published Green open access in International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development ›

BlueHealth researchers have found out which aspects of governance are most important in managing and maintaining interventions in blue spaces, using the Teats Hill site in Plymouth,…

Recovering natural and cultural landscape: a case study of Can Moritz Spring

Available on 10 February 2021

Published Gold open access in IJERPH ›

BlueHealth researchers have published a paper explaining their approach to understanding more about how different people in a community perceive the quality of blue and green spaces.…

Virtual reality testing of urban planning and design

Available on 20 December 2020

Published Gold open access in Sustainability ›

A new study published in the journal Sustainability shows how virtual reality (VR) can be used to test how the design of blue spaces can affect people's…

Experiences of nature: mental health disorders

Available on 6 November 2020

Published Gold open access in The journal Scientific Reports ›

A new study published in Scientific Reports, suggests that giving people with existing mental health conditions formal ‘green prescriptions’, may undermine some of nature’s health benefits. Read…

Delivering virtual nature to improve mood

Available on 14 October 2020

Published Gold open access in Journal of Environmental Psychology ›

This study finds that watching high quality nature programmes can reduce negative emotions, increase positive emotions, and alleviate boredom.