Review of Literature on Open Green Space for Positive Mental Health in the Low-Income Community

Hazreena Hussein; Syaidatul Azzreen Ishak; Heng Zhang

doi:10.21834/e-bpj.v8i25.4840

Authors

Hazreena Hussein Centre for Sustainable Urban Planning and Real Estate, Faculty of Built Environment, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Syaidatul Azzreen Ishak Department of Architecture, Faculty of Built Environment, University Malaya
Heng Zhang Institute of Environmental and Behavioural Studies, Department of Architecture, National Cheng Kung University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v8i25.4840

Keywords:

Open Green Space, Low-income Community, Positive Mental Health

Abstract

This paper examines favoured open green spaces that impacted low-income communities for mental health from previous studies. The selected previous studies were collected and filtered using the PRISMA method to identify the keywords. The expected findings included the standards of open green space that provide mental health benefits among low-income communities. In recommendation, the keyword need to be more specific for precise results, and the criteria discovered from the previous studies can guide the development of the new or current residential area for low-income communities to promote positive mental health.

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