ABSTRACT
In recent decades, increasing attention has been given to understanding factors that affect health status and the differential health outcomes across individual and societal contexts (Krefis, Augustin, Schlünzen, Oßenbrügge, & Augustin, 2018). Research and knowledge advances in the sciences and in technology, led specifically by ecological and environmental sciences and technology (Kahan, Gielan, Fagan, & Green, 2014), have broadened and enhanced our understanding of the cyclical patterns and interdependence among men, women, nature, and the built environment (Frumkin, 2002). In addition, place-based approaches for examining the relationship among the urban setting, health status, and outcomes for its residents have gained prominence (Fitzpatrick & LaGory, 2011; Lovell, Gray, & Boucher, 2017).
