Nowhere to Play: Available Open and Green Space in Greater London Schools.

ABSTRACT: Experiencing outdoor space, especially natural space, during childhood and adolescence has beneficial physical and mental health effects, including improved cognitive and motor skills and a lower risk of obesity. Since school-age children typically spend 35-40 hours per week at schools, we quantified their access to open (non-built-up) space and green space at schools in Greater London. We linked land use information from the UK Ordnance Survey with school characteristics from the Department for Education (DfE) for schools in Greater London. We estimated open space by isolating land and water features within school boundaries and, as a subset of open space, green space defined as open space covered by vegetation. We examined the relationship of both school open and green space with distanc

SUBMITTER: Shoari N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8190412 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature