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Benedict W. Wheeler

Benedict W. Wheeler

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
49
Citations
15167
World Ranking
2876
National Ranking
493

Overview

Benedict W. Wheeler is affiliated with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a significant emphasis on the intersections between urban ecosystems and human health. Their work encompasses a range of subfields including health, toxicology and mutagenesis, global and planetary change, plant science, environmental engineering, and speech and hearing.

The scientist's recent publications cover diverse aspects of urban green spaces and their impact on health. Notable papers include:

  • An ecosystem service perspective on urban nature, physical activity, and health, 2021, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Spending time in the garden is positively associated with health and wellbeing: Results from a national survey in England, 2020, published in Landscape and Urban Planning
  • A call to action: Improving urban green spaces to reduce health inequalities exacerbated by COVID-19, 2021, published in Preventive Medicine
  • A typology for urban Green Infrastructure to guide multifunctional planning of nature-based solutions, 2022, published in Nature-Based Solutions
  • Questing Ixodes ricinus ticks and Borrelia spp. in urban green space across Europe: A review, 2022, published in Zoonoses and Public Health

The main topics covered by Wheeler's research include urban green space and health, land use and ecosystem services, urban agriculture and sustainability, urban heat island mitigation, noise effects and management, climate change and health impacts, and urban transport and accessibility.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Wheeler include Rebecca Lovell, Mathew P. White, Rebecca Geary, Sarah Rodgers, and Mark Nieuwenhuijsen. These collaborations have contributed to a consistent output in interdisciplinary and applied environmental research.

Publication venues regularly featuring their work include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Environment International, Landscape and Urban Planning, Zoonoses and Public Health, and Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases.

Best Publications

  • Nature and mental health: An ecosystem service perspective.

    Gregory N. Bratman;Christopher B. Anderson;Marc G. Berman;Bobby Cochran

  • Would You Be Happier Living in a Greener Urban Area? A Fixed-Effects Analysis of Panel Data

    Mathew P. White;Ian Alcock;Benedict W. Wheeler;Michael H. Depledge

  • Spending at least 120 minutes a week in nature is associated with good health and wellbeing

    Mathew P. White;Ian Alcock;James Grellier;Benedict W. Wheeler

  • Attention Restoration Theory: A systematic review of the attention restoration potential of exposure to natural environments

    Heather Ohly;Mathew P. White;Benedict W. Wheeler;Alison Bethel

  • Longitudinal Effects on Mental Health of Moving to Greener and Less Green Urban Areas

    Ian Alcock;Mathew P. White;Benedict W. Wheeler;Lora E. Fleming

  • Health and climate related ecosystem services provided by street trees in the urban environment

    Jennifer A. Salmond;Marc Tadaki;Sotiris Vardoulakis;Sotiris Vardoulakis;Sotiris Vardoulakis;Katherine Arbuthnott;Katherine Arbuthnott

  • Environmental, health, wellbeing, social and equity effects of urban green space interventions: A meta-narrative evidence synthesis.

    Ruth Fiona Hunter;Claire Cleland;Anne Cleary;Mariël Droomers

  • Does living by the coast improve health and wellbeing

    Benedict W. Wheeler;Mathew White;Will Stahl-Timmins;Michael H. Depledge

  • Beyond greenspace: an ecological study of population general health and indicators of natural environment type and quality

    Benedict W. Wheeler;Rebecca Lovell;Sahran L. Higgins;Matthew P. White

  • Seeking everyday wellbeing: The coast as a therapeutic landscape.

    Sarah L. Bell;Cassandra Phoenix;Rebecca Lovell;Benedict W. Wheeler

  • Coastal proximity, health and well-being: results from a longitudinal panel survey.

    Mathew P. White;Ian Alcock;Benedict W. Wheeler;Michael H. Depledge

  • Greenspace and children's physical activity: a GPS/GIS analysis of the PEACH project.

    Benedict W. Wheeler;Ashley R. Cooper;Angie S. Page;Russell Jago

  • Natural environments and subjective wellbeing: Different types of exposure are associated with different aspects of wellbeing

    Mathew P. White;Sabine Pahl;Sabine Pahl;Benedict W. Wheeler;Michael H. Depledge

  • Patterns of GPS measured time outdoors after school and objective physical activity in English children: the PEACH project

    Ashley R Cooper;Angie S Page;Benedict W Wheeler;Melvyn Hillsdon

  • Research note: Urban street tree density and antidepressant prescription rates—A cross-sectional study in London, UK

    Mark S. Taylor;Benedict W. Wheeler;Benedict W. Wheeler;Benedict W. Wheeler;Mathew P. White;Theodoros Economou;Theodoros Economou;Theodoros Economou

  • A Systematic Review of the Health and Well-Being Benefits of Biodiverse Environments

    Rebecca Lovell;Benedict W Wheeler;Sahran L Higgins;Katherine N Irvine

  • Green space, health and wellbeing: making space for individual agency.

    Sarah L. Bell;Cassandra Phoenix;Rebecca Lovell;Benedict W. Wheeler

  • An ecosystem service perspective on urban nature, physical activity, and health

    Roy P Remme;Roy P Remme;Howard Frumkin;Anne D Guerry;Anne D Guerry;Abby C King

  • Biodiversity, cultural pathways, and human health: a framework

    Natalie E. Clark;Rebecca Lovell;Benedict W. Wheeler;Sahran L. Higgins

  • Environmental equity, air quality, socioeconomic status, and respiratory health: a linkage analysis of routine data from the Health Survey for England

    Benedict W Wheeler;Yoav Ben-Shlomo

  • What can global positioning systems tell us about the contribution of different types of urban greenspace to children's physical activity?

    Kate Lachowycz;Andrew P. Jones;Angie S. Page;Benedict W. Wheeler

Frequent Co-Authors

Mathew P. White
Mathew P. White University of Vienna
Michael H. Depledge
Michael H. Depledge University of Exeter
Sotiris Vardoulakis
Sotiris Vardoulakis University of Canberra
Richard Mitchell
Richard Mitchell University of Glasgow
Sabine Pahl
Sabine Pahl University of Vienna
Danny Dorling
Danny Dorling University of Oxford
Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen
Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen Barcelona Institute for Global Health
Gareth W. Griffith
Gareth W. Griffith Aberystwyth University
Carsten Ambelas Skjøth
Carsten Ambelas Skjøth Aarhus University
Clare Heaviside
Clare Heaviside University College London

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