Mental health outcomes in Barcelona: the interplay between gentrification and greenspace

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  • dc.contributor.author Zayas-Costa, Montserrat
  • dc.contributor.author Cole, Helen
  • dc.contributor.author Anguelovski, Isabelle
  • dc.contributor.author Connolly, James
  • dc.contributor.author Bartoll, Xavier
  • dc.contributor.author Triguero Mas, Margarita, 1985-
  • dc.date.accessioned 2022-06-15T06:31:18Z
  • dc.date.available 2022-06-15T06:31:18Z
  • dc.date.issued 2021
  • dc.description.abstract Greenspace is widely related to mental health benefits, but this relationship may vary by social group. Gentrification, as linked to processes of unequal urban development and conflict, potentially impacts health outcomes. This study explores the relationships between greenspace and mental health and between gentrification and mental health associations. It also further examines gentrification as an effect modifier in the greenspace-mental health association and SES as an effect modifier in the gentrification-mental health association. We used cross-sectional Barcelona (Spain) data from 2006, which included perceived mental health status and self-reported depression/anxiety from the Barcelona Health Survey. Greenspace exposure was measured as residential access to (1) all greenspace, (2) greenways and (3) parks in 2006. Census-tract level gentrification was measured using an index including changes in sociodemographic indicators between 1991 and 2006. Logistic regression models revealed that only greenways were associated with better mental health outcomes, with no significant relationship between mental health and parks or all greenspace. Living in gentrifying neighborhoods was protective for depression/anxiety compared to living in non-gentrifying neighborhoods. However, only residents of gentrifiable census tracts benefited from the exposure to greenways. SES was not found to be an effect modifier in the association between gentrification and mental health. Future research should tackle this study's limitations by incorporating a direct measure of displacement in the gentrification status indicator, accounting for qualitative aspects of greenspace and user's perceptions. Gentrification may undermine the health benefits provided by greenspace interventions.
  • dc.description.sponsorship This project is based on data obtained in the context of GREENLULUS (Green Locally Unwanted Land Uses) (http://www.bcnuej.org/projects/greenlulus/ accessed on 11 August 2021), coordinated by Prof. Isabelle Anguelovski at UAB-ICTA-IMIM, which is a Horizon 2020- and European Research Council-funded project that analyses the conditions under which urban greening projects in distressed neighborhoods redistribute access of environmental amenities to historically marginalized groups (GA678034). H.C. and M.T.M. received funding from the Juan de la Cierva fellowship program of the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (FJCI-2017-33842 and IJC-2018-035322-I). This work/research/etc. contributes to the “María de Maeztu” Programme for Units of Excellence of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (CEX2019-000940-M).
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  • dc.identifier.citation Zayas-Costa M, Cole HVS, Anguelovski I, Connolly JJT, Bartoll X, Triguero-Mas M. et al. Mental health outcomes in Barcelona: the interplay between gentrification and greenspace. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Sep 3; 18(17): 9314. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18179314
  • dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18179314
  • dc.identifier.issn 1660-4601
  • dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/53497
  • dc.language.iso eng
  • dc.publisher MDPI
  • dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/678034
  • dc.rights Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/).
  • dc.rights.accessRights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
  • dc.rights.uri http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/
  • dc.subject.keyword Gentrification
  • dc.subject.keyword Green space
  • dc.subject.keyword Greenspace
  • dc.subject.keyword Greenways
  • dc.subject.keyword Mental health
  • dc.subject.keyword Parks
  • dc.title Mental health outcomes in Barcelona: the interplay between gentrification and greenspace
  • dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
  • dc.type.version info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

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