The mortality impacts of greening Italy
Orazio Valerio Giannico, Rodolfo Sardone, Lucia Bisceglia, Francesco Addabbo, Francesco Pirotti, Sante Minerba, Antonia Mincuzzi · 2024
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Italy could prevent thousands of deaths a year by making its neighborhoods greener, according to a 2024 health impact study. Orazio Valerio Giannico and six co-authors used satellite measures of greenery around homes across all of Italy's municipalities.
The team measured plant cover within 300 meters of homes for the country's 49 million adults. If every area matched the greenness now enjoyed by the greenest quarter of the population, they estimate about 28,400 deaths a year could be prevented. That is roughly five percent of Italy's yearly deaths, plus about 279,000 years of life saved. The authors press for stronger action to grow and open green space in every settlement.
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| CREATOR | Orazio Valerio Giannico, Rodolfo Sardone, Lucia Bisceglia, Francesco Addabbo, Francesco Pirotti, Sante Minerba, Antonia Mincuzzi |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 93 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |