Acceptability of virtual reality nature environments for people with memory loss

Available on 12 March 2021

Published Gold open access in Geriatrics ›

BlueHealth researchers have published the results of their study looking at the acceptability of virtual reality (VR) natural environments among people with memory loss. The research was…

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.…

Valuing bluespace recreation and water quality impacts across the EU

Available on 5 February 2021

Published Green open access in Science of the Total Environment ›

BlueHealth researchers have estimated how much recreation in blue spaces across the EU is worth in monetary terms. The results of this analysis, published in the journal…

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…