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Panel Discussion: State-of-the-Art Research: Dr. Frances E. Kuo
1. Nature in the City:
An “overlooked” factor in urban mental health
2. Brought to you by:
Andrea Faber Taylor and the Landscape and
Human Health Lab
Chris Krassa, Jo Miscierewicz, Doreen Tseng
USDA National Urban and Community Forestry
Advisory Council
16. Loneliness, isolation
Images of nature, indoor plants and
social aspirations
Loneliness, social ties
Chicago public housing, Los Angeles,
Netherlands
17. What have we learned?
The impacts are large
Even the smallest bit helps
Must be present to win
18. What have we learned?
It appears that greenness promotes
mental health
Even after controlling for income
We’ve reached the “oat bran”
threshold
19. Implications
A new, partial explanation for income-
related mental health disparities
A possible, inexpensive population-
level mental health intervention
Trees as the city’s lungs
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24. Thank you!
Frances “Ming” Kuo
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
fekuo@illinois.edu
www.lhhl.illinois.edu