Paul Brindley's research while affiliated with The University of Sheffield and other places

... Reviewing the existing research outcomes on the blue/green spaces exposure shows eight representative methods for describing it, including the statistical index approach, spatial interaction approaches, spatial orientated approach, spatial proximity approach, object-based approach, 3D landscape analysis, spatial configurational approach, segmentation analysis (Dempsey et al., 2018;Helbich et al., 2019;Liu & Nijhuis, 2020;Ma et al., 2022;Nijhuis, 2015;Nutsford et al., 2016;Qiang et al., 2019;Ruzickova et al., 2021;Tannous et al., 2021;Wang et al., 2021;Yu et al., 2016;Zhou et al., 2019). The details, meanings, and application potentials of the methods are briefly discussed below in accordance with the three scale levels just presented. ...

... There is some evidence suggesting that higher stroke rates in deprived relative to affluent areas diminishes with increasing age and reverses in the oldest age groups [27][28][29] . This phenomenon of reversal has also been observed in relation to surgery rates for abdominal aortic aneurysm 30 . However, there are no robust data on the prevalence of carotid stenosis by both age and socioeconomic deprivation. ...

... Additionally, three-generation families consist of older people. Long travel time is usually regarded as the main barrier to visiting the parks by older people [57]. Movement restrictions enforced due to COVID-19 have stronger negative effects on the elderly. ...

... There is extensive geographical variation in numbers of varicose vein procedures performed 14 . This study has demonstrated the significant association between level of CCG policy compliance and intervention rate but, interestingly, it accounted for only 17 per cent of the variation observed. ...

... More recently, a new form of location data from the use of GPS-enabled smartphone applications has emerged, which also offer large data volumes but with much higher spatial accuracy (Berke et al., 2022;Grantz et al., 2020;Huang et al., 2022;Wang et al., 2020;Yabe et al., 2020). This mobile phone application (MPA) data, generated and collected from the use of a wide range of apps, provides point location information which supports more detailed analysis and opens up the range of possible analytical applications (Cameron et al., 2020;Heo et al., 2020;Mears et al., 2021;Sinclair et al., 2021;Yabe et al., 2020). So far, these have included disaster and pandemic response (Huang et al., 2022;Kishore et al., 2022;Yabe et al., 2020), nature-based recreation (Mears et al., 2021;Sinclair et al., 2021) and analyses of human mobility (Calafiore et al., 2021;Gao et al., 2020;Kang et al., 2020). ...

... During the COVID-19 pandemic, urban nature has provided some of the most valuable and accessible places for the promotion of mental and physical health, particularly when many public places (e.g., gyms, schools, etc.) were closed due to various COVID-19-related lockdown restrictions 15,17,18,[21][22][23][24] . People who visited urban nature more frequently during the pandemic tended to have lower levels of depression and stress, improved social cohesion, enhanced cognitive development, and increased rates of physical activity 23,25,26 . ...

... Ten studies involved walking in nature in forests, nature reserves, gardens, or urban nature, one involved running in a university sports field [51], and one involved visiting an animal park [52]. Five studies invited participants to carry out nature-based activities in their own time [38,42,47,49], while four invited participants to engage with nature in particular ways (i.e., appreciating and noticing it) during their daily lives without asking them to spend any extra time outside [14,44,46,48]. ...

... Other research has shown increased nature-related activities in and value of nature in the US (Morse et al., 2020) and significant changes in patterns of visiting nature as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK (Robinson et al., 2021). Not only did frequency of nature-related activities change, but so did the locations, with some research reporting increased usage of nearby or neighborhood natural areas (Randler et al., 2020;Portegijs et al., 2021). ...

... The present study revealed a substantial positive association between the biophilic index and psychological restoration and its dimensions. It suggests that workers enjoy greater psychological restoration when the biophilic index increases in their working environment which is in line with the findings of some earlier (Dobson et al. 2021). One of the possible explanations is that people's "love of nature" is linked to restorative responses (Kaplan 1992), and high person-environment compatibility enhances physical and psychological well-being and relieves stress (Kaplan 1989). ...

... It is suggested that efforts to increase acceptance of the benefits of connecting with nature should focus on providing and promoting awareness of benefits, combined with effective communication and collaboration. Robinson et al (2020) suggest that the important foci for future research should be to establish transdisciplinary collaborative pathways, and collaborative approaches are strongly suggested in literature (e.g., Gorenberg et al, 2023) as an effective way to tailor the interventions to the different needs and aspirations of people, and to identify meaningful outcomes and feasible and robust methods for encouraging updating. However, few research projects have investigated these collaborative approaches and how these approaches work in practice. ...