Recent research seeks to identify r

Recent research seeks to identify restorative impacts of place with specific features such as woodland
types or types of landscape (Gatersleben & Andrews, 2013; White, Pahl, Ashbullby, Herbert, & Depledge,
2013), but the characteristics of urban areas and how they promote or degrade mental health is limited.
The amount of green space in the neighbourhood and proximity to it have been considered when
assessing health and well-being at a population level, which attempts to understand some detail about
positive spaces for mental health (Mitchell & Popham, 2008; Sugiyama, Leslie, Giles-Corti, & Owen, 2009;
de Vries, Verheij, Groenewegen, & Spreeuwenberg, 2003). Peschardt and Stigsdotter (2013) identify the
benefit of walkable ‘small parks and urban green spaces’ within easy access of people’s homes, and
Groenewegen, van den Berg, de Vries, and Verheij (2006) identify the benefits of visits to green spaces
for improving perceptions of safety and mitigating anxiety. The exact nature of people’s psychological
connection with natural open spaces is yet to be fully understood, nor the nuances between different
sociocultural groups.