{"id":10324,"date":"2019-05-28T06:30:55","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T10:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newprocontainers.com\/blog\/?p=10324"},"modified":"2026-03-29T22:46:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T02:46:32","slug":"benefits-urban-green-spaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.newprocontainers.com\/blog\/benefits-urban-green-spaces\/","title":{"rendered":"The Benefits of Urban Green Spaces"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Urban green spaces are not common in many downtowns around the United States. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here in Jacksonville, dilapidated, neglected, and unattractive city lots clutter the town. Once the heart of the city, the downtown area has been declining ever since families began moving to the suburbs, where children can play in yards and ride bikes on sidewalks. Retail, restaurants, and grocery stores are almost non-existent, while the number of abandoned buildings and crimes shoots up daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A majority of my accounts are downtown, as the skyscrapers still need interior landscaping, but anything besides a multi-floor office building is located outside the city, where commuting is much safer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every time I drive downtown, I see the magnificent architecture falling apart and abandoned land overrun with weeds. I wonder why we don\u2019t do more to beautify our city like the pictures I see from a hundred years ago. There is one simple step that could help: replace these desolate lots with greenery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newprocontainers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/urban-green-spaces-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"green spaces\" class=\"wp-image-10327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.newprocontainers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/urban-green-spaces-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.newprocontainers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/urban-green-spaces-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.newprocontainers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/urban-green-spaces-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Evidence for Urban Green Spaces<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After thinking about this idea for years, I found a\nstudy that confirmed my theory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While waiting in the doctor\u2019s office, I thumbed through the medical journal called <a aria-label=\"JAMA Network Open (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamanetworkopen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">JAMA Network Open<\/a>, which included a study on the effects of green space on mental health. Based in Philadelphia, a group of doctors studied the effects of turning abandoned urban city lots into green spaces and how it impacted the surrounding community. They identified 541 spaces that were contaminated with illegal dumping, abandoned vehicles, and overgrown vegetation. Then, they found 442 adults living near those spaces and asked if they would participate in a mental health study. The participant simply had to answer a series of questions concerning urban mental health now and then a follow-up questionnaire in the near future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After completing the initial surveys, the research team randomly picked 37 lots out of the 541 for a \u201cGreening Intervention.\u201d This term, which I think is great, means removing trash and unsightly objects and replenishing the space with sod, trees, fencing, and various landscaping. Several other lots did not undergo a \u201cgreening intervention.\u201d Rather, the team removed the trash but left the space as is. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Results<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Eighteen months later, 342 of the original 442 adults\nwere re-interviewed. I found it fascinating that the participants who lived\nnear the \u201cgreening intervention spaces\u201d experienced a 41% drop in depressive\nfeelings and a 51% drop in feelings of worthlessness.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Participants around the lots that just had trash removed\ndid not show any mental improvements. This result suggests that care and\nattention to plant design is important for improved mental health. The study\ndemonstrated that just adding a fence positively impacted people, as that\naction implies someone is caring for the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The research team concluded that urban greening increased social connections as well as recovery from mental fatigue, especially for people below the poverty line, where neighborhoods are hit the hardest with dead space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newprocontainers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/urban-green-space-trees-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"green spaces\" class=\"wp-image-10325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.newprocontainers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/urban-green-space-trees-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.newprocontainers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/urban-green-space-trees-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.newprocontainers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/urban-green-space-trees-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Future of Urban Green Spaces<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Eugenia South, an assistant professor of emergency medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and co-author of the study above, added to the research results. She determined that a small investment of $1,600 to transform an abandoned city lot\u2014and $180 per year to maintain\u2014can have a wide population impact on better mental well-being. Dr. South and her colleagues are currently working with the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society to create more urban green spaces and hope other cities will follow their example.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I know my city of Jacksonville is working to bring back many families who fled the deteriorating downtown. Dead city lots are transforming into new housing facilities, trendy restaurants, city squares with water fountains, and landscaping. I look forward to the day I drive downtown on avenues lined with trees and foliage covering every open space. Not only will my city be beautiful once again, but the inhabitants will be much more content and happy, and that is a worthy cause.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Urban green spaces are not common in many downtowns around the United States. 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