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The presence of urban green areas has been correlated with an increased well-being of whom frequent them and living in neighbouring areas, but the biodiversity of park has not always been evaluated for its positive influence on human health. The URBioPark project aims to apply a multidisciplinary methodological approach through an analysis of 4 urban parks in Brescia, characterising them through microbial and soil micro-arthropods and vegetation analysis, to identify biodiversity indicators that may be related to human health. The parks are: Parco Gallo, Giffoni, Croce Rossa (CRI) and Parco dei Poeti (PdP). This work assesses health status of 4 neighbouring areas using aggregated data on drug use and disease outcomes from the Local Health Authority database. Disease frequencies and Standardised Prevalence Rate (SPR) are computed using the health database (BDA) of the Brescia ATS (Health Protection Agency) based on the residence in 2 buffers of 250 m and 500 m around the parks. The analysis by area (250 m) shows a similar population distribution in the 4 areas for male/female ratio and age distribution, but not for the percentage of foreign citizens. The analysis for the presence of at least one disease or in detail for hypertension, diabetes, hypercholesterolaemia, cardiovascular diseases and respiratory diseases, show a slightly higher frequency than expected in some areas, but not statistically significant. Around CRI and PdP there is a slightly higher percentage of antidepressant users than the city average. The analysis with buffer 500 m generally confirms the same results. The project URBioPark was founded by Next Generation EU - PRIN 2022 Prot. 202253N2NY.

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Is There a Correlation Among Urban Green Areas, Their Biodiversity and Human Health? Preliminary Results of URBioPark Project

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  • 发表日期：

    2026年

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  • Claudia Zani,
  • Giovanni Maifredi,
  • Pietro Patricola,
  • Piersimone Fontana,
  • Michela Tiboni

摘要

The presence of urban green areas has been correlated with an increased well-being of whom frequent them and living in neighbouring areas, but the biodiversity of park has not always been evaluated for its positive influence on human health. The URBioPark project aims to apply a multidisciplinary methodological approach through an analysis of 4 urban parks in Brescia, characterising them through microbial and soil micro-arthropods and vegetation analysis, to identify biodiversity indicators that may be related to human health. The parks are: Parco Gallo, Giffoni, Croce Rossa (CRI) and Parco dei Poeti (PdP). This work assesses health status of 4 neighbouring areas using aggregated data on drug use and disease outcomes from the Local Health Authority database. Disease frequencies and Standardised Prevalence Rate (SPR) are computed using the health database (BDA) of the Brescia ATS (Health Protection Agency) based on the residence in 2 buffers of 250 m and 500 m around the parks. The analysis by area (250 m) shows a similar population distribution in the 4 areas for male/female ratio and age distribution, but not for the percentage of foreign citizens. The analysis for the presence of at least one disease or in detail for hypertension, diabetes, hypercholesterolaemia, cardiovascular diseases and respiratory diseases, show a slightly higher frequency than expected in some areas, but not statistically significant. Around CRI and PdP there is a slightly higher percentage of antidepressant users than the city average. The analysis with buffer 500 m generally confirms the same results. The project URBioPark was founded by Next Generation EU - PRIN 2022 Prot. 202253N2NY.