TY  - JOUR
U1  - Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
A1  - Felappi, Jéssica Francine
A1  - Sommer, Jan Henning
A1  - Falkenberg, Timo
A1  - Terlau, Wiltrud
A1  - Kötter, Theo
T1  - Urban park qualities driving visitors mental well-being and wildlife conservation in a Neotropical megacity
JF  - Scientific Reports
N2  - Green infrastructure has been widely recognized for the benefits to human health and biodiversity conservation. However, knowledge of the qualities and requirements of such spaces and structures for the effective delivery of the range of ecosystem services expected is still limited, as well as the identification of trade-offs between services. In this study, we apply the One Health approach in the context of green spaces to investigate how urban park characteristics affect human mental health and wildlife support outcomes and identify synergies and trade-offs between these dimensions. Here we show that perceived restorativeness of park users varies significantly across sites and is mainly affected by safety and naturalness perceptions. In turn, these perceptions are driven by objective indicators of quality, such as maintenance of facilities and vegetation structure, and subjective estimations of biodiversity levels. The presence of water bodies benefited both mental health and wildlife. However, high tree canopy coverage provided greater restoration potential whereas a certain level of habitat heterogeneity was important to support a wider range of bird species requirements. To reconcile human and wildlife needs in green spaces, cities should strategically implement a heterogeneous green infrastructure network that considers trade-offs and maximizes synergies between these dimensions.
Y1  - 2024
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:1044-opus-79047
SN  - 2045-2322
SS  - 2045-2322
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55357-2
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55357-2
PM  - 38418539
VL  - 14
SP  - 16
S1  - 16
PB  - Springer Nature
ER  -