{"id":1529,"date":"2022-05-03T12:47:36","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T11:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/activechildrenbydesign\/?page_id=1529"},"modified":"2023-11-27T11:36:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T11:36:46","slug":"neighbourhood-design-and-childrens-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/activechildrenbydesign\/neighbourhood-design-and-childrens-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Neighbourhood Design and Children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1529\" class=\"elementor elementor-1529\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-65d04ac elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"65d04ac\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b6494b7\" data-id=\"b6494b7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c85a203 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c85a203\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Neighbourhood Design and Children\u2019s Mental Health<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-18da09b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"18da09b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d7f206d\" data-id=\"d7f206d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f974480 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f974480\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Contrary to mixed results in prior studies, our research, detailed in the 13th International Space Syntax Symposium&#8217;s proceedings, shows a significant link between the built environment characteristics and child mental wellbeing. Land-use diversity and greenery within a 5-minute walking distance of dwellings are significantly linked to mental health, with diverse local amenities and natural surroundings enhancing life satisfaction and reducing emotional issues. Furthermore, our findings underline the positive impact of direct street routes between homes and destinations on children&#8217;s mental health (i.e., reduced emotional and behavioural difficulties).<\/p><p>At the dwelling level, our findings revealed that residing in a dwelling with a private garden (such as an apartment with a private garden or a gated community with a private playground) was related to lower behavioural difficulties among the children in our sample.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0f184d3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0f184d3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6983c2d\" data-id=\"6983c2d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b81269 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1b81269\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Related Publications<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-490a8e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"490a8e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ozbil Torun, A., Severcan, YC., Defeyter, MA., Bingol, H., Akin, Z. 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