Benefits of Green Space
The need for healthy and properly maintained green space is not only ornamental or aesthetic, it has many benefits for the human health and the environment.
Healthy, properly maintained green space provides substantial benefits to the
environment in terms of erosion control/water purification, air purification,
temperature modification/energy and cost saving, oxygen generation and carbon
sequestration.
Green space provides substantial benefits to human health in terms of
recreation/increased physical activity/reduced risk of obesity and healthcare/stress
reduction.
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Benefits of Green Space − Recent Research, 2011