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Supplementary Information: Defining and measuring the social-ecological quality of urban
greenspace: a semi-systematic review.
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Table S1. Social-ecological research mapping exercise showing full citations (summarised in Table 4, main text). White areas indicate research
gaps.
Social – ecological
link
Human Perceptual
Psychological
Wellbeing
(Francis, Wood,
Knuiman, &
Giles-Corti,
2012; Grahn &
Stigsdotter,
2010; Lafortezza,
Carrus, Sanesi, &
Davies, 2009;
Nordh & Ostby,
2013; O’Brien,
Townsend, &
Ebden, 2010;
Stigsdotter &
Grahn, 2011)
Management
(Dallimer et al.,
2011)
Attitudes,
meanings,
values
(Gill, Waitt, &
Head, 2009;
Gobster, 2001;
Özgüner,
Eraslan, &
Yilmaz, 2012;
Özgüner &
Kendle, 2006)
Biodiversity
(Colding,
Lundberg, &
Folke, 2006;
Dallimer et al.,
2011)
(Dallimer et al.,
2012; Fuller,
Irvine, DevineWright, Warren,
(Bertoncini,
Machon,
Pavoine, &
Muratet, 2012;
Physical
Health
(Grahn &
Stigsdotter,
2010;
Özgüner et
al., 2012;
Özgüner &
Kendle,
2006;
Stigsdotter &
Grahn, 2011)
(Maas et al.,
2006;
Michell &
Popham,
2007;
Richardson,
Pearce,
Mitchell,
Day, &
Kingham,
2010;
Richardson
et al, 2012;
Richardson
& Mitchell,
2010;
Villeneuve et
al., 2012;
Ward
Thompson et
al., 2012)
Area / distance
(Maas, Verheij,
Groenewegen, de
Vries, &
Spreeuwenberg,
2006; Mitchell &
Popham, 2007;
Ward Thompson
et al., 2012)
Preference
(van Heezik,
Dickinson, &
Freeman, 2012;
Yli-Pelkonen,
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Behaviour
Social
Inquiry
(Gill et al.,
2009; Nordh &
Ostby, 2013;
Stigsdotter &
Grahn, 2011)
(Beilin &
Hunter,
2011)
(BooneHeinonen,
Casanova,
Richardson, &
Gordon-Larsen,
2010)
(Hunter &
Brown, 2012)
(van Heezik et
al., 2012)
(Luck et al.,
2011;
Pacheco &
Vasconcelos,
Knowledge
Socio-cultural
statistic
Total (mixed)
19 (6)
(van Heezik et
al., 2012; YliPelkonen et al.,
2006)
(Barbosa et al.,
2007; Fuller &
Gaston., 2009;
Koohsari, 2011)
17 (3)
(Kinzig,
Warren, Martin,
Hope, & Katti,
2005; Luck,
15 (3)
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& Gaston., 2007;
Luck, Davidson,
Boxall, &
Smallbone,
2011)
Gaston, Smith,
Thompson, &
Warren, 2005;
Wilkinson, 2006)
Pispa, & Helle,
2006)
Biophysical
Inventory
(Nordh, Hartig,
Hagerhall, &
Fry, 2009; Hull
& Harvey, 1989)
(Doick, Sellers,
Castan-Broto, &
Silverthorne,
2009)
(Francis, Wood,
et al., 2012;
GidlöfGunnarsson &
Öhrström, 2007)
(Summit &
McPherson,
1998)
Ecosystem
Services
(Bjerke et
al., 2006;
Hull &
Harvey,
1989;
Kendal,
Williams, &
Williams,
2012)
(Skeggs, 1999;
Summit &
McPherson,
1998)
(Skeggs, 1999)
(Andersson,
Barthel, &
Ahrne, 2007;
Barthel, Colding,
Elmqvist, &
Folke, 2005;
Colding et al.,
2006; Young,
2010)
Descriptive
/Narrative
Total
(mixed)
(Bjerke,
Østdahl, Thrane,
& Strumse,
2006)
2007)
Smallbone, &
Sheffield, 2012)
(Cohen,
Potchter, &
Matzarakis,
2012)
8 (2)
(Francis,
Giles-Corti,
Wood, &
Knuiman,
2012)
7 (2)
(Andersson et
al., 2007)
5 (1)
(Ernstson &
Sorlin, 2009)
16
(1)
12
(2)
Frequency:
1
9
7
0
1-2
7
7
3-4
3
7
5-6
2
7-8
5
n = 72
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