This report is an introduction to research on the relationship between urban nature and human health and well-being. The idea that physical and mental health can be made better through contact with natural environments is not new, but recent studies are providing a broader perspective and better empirical understanding of what this means as they bring new relevance to this concept. For people living in cities this may be especially timely, given the “extraordinary disengagement” from nature attributed to urban living.[i] An emerging paradigm of “people and nature” in conservation biology[ii] gives further weight to a connection between urban nature, health and well-being that can be mediated through urban policy, planning, and social justice initiatives. With nearly seven of every ten people worldwide projected to […]