A Bidirectional Associations between Urban Physical Environment and Mental Health: A theoretical framework

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This paper examines the influence of the urban physical environment on mental health. A scoping review of reviews and a search of keywords from 109 international literatures from 1985 to 2019 conducted in a relevant database such as SCOPUS, Web of Science, and PubMed and snowballing method in the references list to get a recent paper that related. The relationship developed in the form of a theoretical framework using urban health indicators that identifies a relationship between the urban physical environment and mental health. The framework can be beneficial to the urban planning decision-makers to plan healthier and more sustainable Malaysian cities.

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Title: Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal

Abbreviated Title: E-BPJ

Publisher: e-IPH Ltd.

ISSN (Electronic): 2398-4287

Publication date Created: March 20 2020

Publication date (Electronic): March 23 2020

Volume: 5

Issue: 13

Page: 167

Article

DOI: 10.21834/e-bpj.v5i13.2048

SO-VID: 6bd5abe6-a257-4eb6-8a9c-ff49328151a7

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