InVEST mental health model

General information

Directory structure

invest-mental-health/
  |- code/ ................... R and Python scripts for preprocessing raw data
      |- nature-availability/ 
      |- nature-accessibility/
      |- nature-visibility/
  |- data/ 
      |- raw ....................... raw data
      |- intermediate .............. intermediate output
      |- output
      |- para_nature_health  ....... parameters for modeling nature-health relation
      |- example ................... example data for modeling
  |- docs/ ......................... docs and slides
  |- figures/ ......................
  |- processing/
  |- results/
  |- .gitignore .................... tells git not to track certain files

Nature Exposure

Urban nature exposure can be measured in different ways. Here, we present the three most commonly used nature exposure measurements that relate to mental health outcomes.

Detailed description can be found in this Google Slide

nature availability ...... the amount of nature (e.g., % of greenspace, average greenness/NDVI) near residential areas or workplaces
nature accessibility ...... see InVEST Urban Nature Access model
nature visibility ...... the visible green considering topography and buildings

Modified from Labib et al 2021

Mental Health

Nature-Health Model Integration

Key References

Bratman, G.N., Anderson, C.B., Berman, M.G., Cochran, B., Vries, S. de, Flanders, J., Folke, C., Frumkin, H., Gross, J.J., Hartig, T., Kahn, P.H., Kuo, M., Lawler, J.J., Levin, P.S., Lindahl, T., Meyer-Lindenberg, A., Mitchell, R., Ouyang, Z., Roe, J., Scarlett, L., Smith, J.R., Bosch, M. van den, Wheeler, B.W., White, M.P., Zheng, H., Daily, G.C., 2019. Nature and mental health: An ecosystem service perspective. Science Advances 5, eaax0903. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aax0903
Remme, R.P., Frumkin, H., Guerry, A.D., King, A.C., Mandle, L., Sarabu, C., Bratman, G.N., Giles-Corti, B., Hamel, P., Han, B., Hicks, J.L., James, P., Lawler, J.J., Lindahl, T., Liu, H., Lu, Y., Oosterbroek, B., Paudel, B., Sallis, J.F., Schipperijn, J., Sosič, R., Vries, S. de, Wheeler, B.W., Wood, S.A., Wu, T., Daily, G.C., 2021. An ecosystem service perspective on urban nature, physical activity, and health. PNAS 118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2018472118