Shmapped apped Mapping pping the e good ood things ings abou out t Shef effield field Eleano eanor Coml mley, y, Univ iversit rsity of Sheffi effield ld
How can urban nature benefit our health and wellbeing? • Growing evidence for the health and wellbeing benefits of having access to green and blue spaces in neighbourhoods (Bowler et al 2010; Tzoulas et al 2007; Maheswaren, 2010; Wheeler et al 2015) • Three ways wellbeing improves through contact with green spaces: 1) recovery from stress and attention restoration (Kaplan et al 1995 ; Pretty et al 2005); 2) increased social contact (Maas et al 2009); 3) increased physical exercise (Kaczynski et al 2007)
IWUN study • Improving Wellbeing through Urban Nature • Funder: NERC led RCUK Valuing Nature Health and Wellbeing Call • Focusing on the relationship between mental health and the environment • Based on a Sheffield case study • Led by University of Sheffield, partners include:
IWUN aims • Evaluate the ways in which the quality and quantity of urban green space impacts on the health and wellbeing of Sheffield residents • Explore the cultures and values that influence how people of different ages and backgrounds interact with the natural environment • Develop a method to measure the cost-effectiveness of natural environments to help determine the ways in which they could play a significant part in the UK’s future healthcare arrangements • Work out how urban green space can be used to deliver health and social care
Distance and Green Cultures and Values Space Usage of Nature Characteristics of Green Blue Urban Natural Infrastructure Environments Planning Shmapped 1000
What does Shmapped do? An app-based intervention to connect people • with nature. Prompts participants once a day to notice the • good things about green or built spaces. -Hypothesize both will be beneficial, but noticing nature more so. Tracks participants exposure to green spaces • throughout the day to see which environments offer the most wellbeing benefits. Measures health and wellbeing with • questionnaires at baseline, 30 days post and 2 months follow-up
What do participants do? 3) Once a day Shmapped 3) Answer a 5-minute will prompt you to notice questionnaire on health something good in your and wellbeing surroundings
What do participants do?
What are participants noticing?
What are participants noticing?
Data GPS data • Frequency of exposure to the natural environment • Length of exposure • Type of exposure (type of environment/activity)
Number of GPS traces: High Low
Data GPS data • Frequency of exposure to the natural environment • Length of exposure • Type of exposure (type of environment/activity) Self-reported data • Mental health and quality of life • Perceived biodiversity • Nature connection and engagement with natural beauty • What app users notice and appreciate • Demographics
Uses in the Future • Range of implications for policy makers, local governments and health care organisations • Green space creation and management • Green prescribing • 4 Interventions from the IWUN project • Green space quality measures • Derby/Nationwide use of Shmapped?
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