Wellbeing Space and Society最新文献

This article analyses migrants’ use of social media and considers their relation to placemaking and urban wellbeing. It develops an easy to replicate experimental methodology drawing on netnography techniques to analyse Facebook group activity by Latin-American migrants in and on their way to London. Findings indicate that Facebook offers a multitude of public spaces facilitating mundane activities that are significantly generative of material, relational and subjective wellbeing, in both digital and analogue physical realms. The article hence posits digital placemaking as an extension and integral part of placemaking in analogue physical urban spaces. It further extends debates about the role of social media in migrant mobility, by showing their continued significance post-arrival and capable of fostering migrant belonging and place attachment.

Spending time in urban nature benefits young adults’ mental health, particularly those experiencing chronic stress, depression, or anxiety. COVID-19 can be seen as a population-wide stressor, which resulted in greater loneliness, anxiety, and depression among younger adults than among those older. This study explored how young adults (18–25) residing in the state of Victoria, Australia engaged with both public and private urban nature during and following stringent COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, in particular their visit locations, frequency, and participation in solitary, restorative activities. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected in July and August 2021 via an online survey with 147 participants. During stringent COVID-19 restrictions, the type of nature that young adults visited most frequently (at least twice a week or more) was their own garden at home, with 23 % visiting this site every day and 15 % visiting at least twice a week. In terms of motivations for visiting nature while under strict restrictions, the most common ones were to ‘relax and unwind,’ followed by to ‘get away from home’. These motivations remained common following the relaxation of restrictions. More than half of participants engaged in solitary, restorative activities in nature during lockdown. Our study indicates that multiple forms of nature helped ease the strains of living under strict restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic for young adults in Victoria, particularly by providing a place to be alone. Government departments that manage urban greenspaces should consult young people to ensure their needs are understood when creating new or revitalising existing urban greenspaces.

Migration studies foreground ‘placemaking’ as key to the wellbeing of refugees and asylum seekers. In the absence of state support, third sector organisations play a significant role in supporting refugee placemaking and wellbeing. Yet very little is known about how third sector practitioners themselves conceptualise and support refugee placemaking and wellbeing on the basis of their own experiences in the field. This article responds to the gap in the literature by drawing on five semi-structured interviews with third sector practitioners who work with refugees and asylum seekers in southeast England. The research found that third sector practitioners conceptualise (and support) refugee placemaking and wellbeing in terms of ‘belonging’, ‘knowing’, ‘contributing’, ‘connecting’, and ‘remembering’. In sharing the perspectives of third sector practitioners, this research makes an original contribution to scholarship on placemaking and wellbeing in contexts of forced displacement.

Today's adolescents and young adults experience high levels of media coverage, public opinion, and formal education about climate change. The young people of today are also projected to experience more climate change related extreme events than previous generations. Although adolescents and young adults may worry about the impacts of climate change and feel personal responsibility to reduce climate change, there is little known about how this relates to their mental wellbeing. This study used data from the 2016/17 European Social Survey Round 8 to examine relationships between climate change worry and beliefs about personal responsibility to reduce climate change with mental wellbeing (happiness and life satisfaction) among adolescents and young adults. Worry about climate change was negatively associated with both happiness and life satisfaction. Belief of a personal responsibility to reduce climate change was positively associated with both happiness and life satisfaction. Frequency of thoughts about climate change moderated the relationships between belief about personal responsibility and happiness. Belief in a personal responsibility to reduce climate change moderated the relationship between worry about climate change and both mental wellbeing outcomes. These findings suggest that young people who feel personally responsible for climate change reduction report on average better wellbeing, which means that holding such beliefs could be a promotive factor for positive mental health among adolescents and young adults.

The relationship between health and place is often difficult to articulate. This paper explores the use of community mapping to understand the meaning of place for members of an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation on the South Coast of NSW. The paper demonstrates that engagement in this arts-based method allows people to think deeply about place to construct a multilayered visual narrative which encompasses history, current experience, and future hopes and in doing so contributes to a critical understanding of place.

Housing quality is a determinant of health, wellbeing and inequities. Since 2013, changes to Permitted Development Rights (PDR) allow conversions of non-residential buildings into housing without planning permission in England. We explored the potential health and wellbeing impacts of such ‘PDR housing’ through an online survey and semi-structured interviews in four London boroughs. We found an association between low wellbeing and lack of residential space and accommodation cooling options, fewer local amenities and lower perceived safety. Participants highlighted problems with windows and outdoor space. Poor quality PDR conversions may pose health and wellbeing risks that could be avoided through regulation and enforcement.

Nature play can significantly benefit children's development, health and well-being, however, limited literature on the considerations needed to deliver such programs for culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities exists. Co-design methods in health promotion program design are gaining popularity, yet practical guidance is lacking. Using a synthesised operational co-design framework, engaging industry experts and CALD children's primary carers, a series of workshops were undertaken to develop a population-acceptable nature play program. The findings highlight the importance of providing culturally appropriate information and messaging, promoting social connectedness and cultural awareness, incorporating learning and education and addressing fears and judgments. This research contributes to varying bodies of literature and offers practical insights for programs aiming to improve the health and well-being of CALD communities through nature play, warranting further research to evaluate their impacts and long-term effects.

Children constitute almost 30 % of India's total population, of which there are approximately 63 million migrant children, with almost 50.6 % of this population being female (Census of India, 2011). Being one of the most vulnerable groups, young migrant girls, particularly those living in urban informal settlements, largely remain invisible from the public realm due to lack of safe and accessible open play spaces within their neighbourhoods. Set against this context, this paper examines the challenges faced by migrant girls in accessing play spaces. The participants of this study include migrant girls between the ages of 9–16 years living in an informal settlement, Jai Hind Camp in Delhi, India. This paper draws upon data from a cross-disciplinary study that uses participatory learning and action research and co-design methods, and demonstrates a bottom-up approach for co-producing play spaces for children. It argues that participatory and experience-led interventions with children are important to understand their needs and requirements in contexts of displacement, and demonstrates marginalised girls’ agency and ability to express requirements for designing their everyday play spaces, which in turn can contribute to their own wellbeing.