Effectiveness of urban green space on undergraduates' stress relief in tropical city: A field experiment in Kuala Lumpur

《Effectiveness of urban green space on undergraduates' stress relief in tropical city: A field experiment in Kuala Lumpur》

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作者: Nor Akmar Abdul Aziz;Lee Yee Shian;Mohamed Daniel Mohamed Mokhtar;Thivya Laxshmy Raman;Fiffy Hanisdah Saikim;Wendy Chen;Nordiana Mohd Nordin

关键字: Built-up environment;Emotions;Kuala Lumpur;Psychometric test;Urban green area

作者单位: Department of Nature Parks and Recreation, Faculty of Forestry and Environment, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia;Institute for Tropical Biology & Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia;Department of Geography, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, The University of Hong Kong;Faculty of Information Management, Campus Puncak Perdana, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40150, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia;Department of Nature Parks and Recreation, Faculty of Forestry and Environment, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia;Institute for Tropical Biology & Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia;Department of Geography, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, The University of Hong Kong;Faculty of Information Management, Campus Puncak Perdana, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40150, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

摘要: This research examined the psychological (perceived restoratives, emotion, stress, and mood) and physiological (blood pressure readings) effects of short-range visits to urban environments. Ninety participants visited two urban areas; Bukit Jalil Urban Park (a green space) and Bukit Jalil Urban Street (an urban a built-up city centre as a controlled environment) located in a tropical city Kuala Lumpur. Participants took a 20-minute leisure walk along the given routes in both the study areas. The findings indicate that the urban park has had an overall rehabilitative impact in contrast to the built-up environment. Overall, the positive emotion has increased, and mood disturbance has decreased in the metropolitan green area after the field experiment. The findings demonstrate that even short-term visits to urban parks decidedly influence stress reduction compared to an urban built-up city centre. However, both systolic and diastolic blood pressures decreased insignificantly after walking in the park. Similar variables such as their mental and physiological measures on other urban societies (i.e., working adults, population with hypertension, and their encounters) concerning the effect of a short walk with green ecology should be studied further.