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Shmapped apped

Mapping pping the e good

• od things

ings abou

• ut

t Shef effield field

Eleano eanor Coml mley, y, Univ iversit rsity of Sheffi effield ld

• 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)

How can urban nature benefit

• ur health and wellbeing?

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:

• 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

IWUN aims

Distance and Green Space Usage Cultures and Values

• f Nature

Characteristics of Urban Natural Environments Green Blue Infrastructure Planning

Shmapped

1000

• 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

• ffer the most wellbeing benefits.
• Measures health and wellbeing with

questionnaires at baseline, 30 days post and 2 months follow-up

What does Shmapped do?

What do participants do?

3) Answer a 5-minute questionnaire on health and wellbeing 3) Once a day Shmapped will prompt you to notice something good in your 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

• rganisations
• Green space creation and management
• Green prescribing
• 4 Interventions from the IWUN project
• Green space quality measures
• Derby/Nationwide use of Shmapped?