Rebecca M Collins

Biographic Data

ID9052521
NAMERebecca M Collins
GIVEN NAMESRebecca M
FAMILY NAMECollins
SIGNATURECOLLINS R M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Southampton
ORCID0000-0003-1681-0860
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS2
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Greenspace quality and proximity are stronger predictors of mental health than quantity or access

    Open AccessRebecca M Collins, Kerry A Brown et al.ARTICLELandscape and Urban Planning2026

    Compared models of poor mental health with distinct urban greenspace characteristics. • Proxies for greenspace quality and proximity emerged as the strongest predictors. • Greenspace quantity and access were weaker in explaining variation in mental health. • Findings highlight the need to prioritise urban greenspace quality and proximity. As evidence grows for the mental health benefits of urban greenspaces, understanding which specific character…

  • Biodiversity offsets perform poorly for both people and nature, but better approaches are available

    Open AccessMattia Mancini, Mattia C Mancini et al.ARTICLEOne Earth2024

    Sustainability requires that we restore biodiversity and wider ecosystem services, yet developments such as new housing inevitably cause environmental impacts. Accordingly, developers are increasingly required to resource offset projects, delivering biodiversity or wider environmental net gains. However, analyses of offsets in England show that the large majority are conducted within development sites rather than targeted toward better opportunit…

  • The relative effects of access to public greenspace and private gardens on mental health

    Open AccessRebecca M Collins, D Smith et al.ARTICLELandscape and Urban Planning2023

    Although the beneficial effects of urban greenspace on mental health are widely accepted, the comparative effects of public greenspace and private (domestic) gardens on mental health are poorly understood. Here, an assessment is provided of the effect of local public greenspace on a person’s mental health for those with and without a private garden in Britain. Individual level data on private garden ownership and mental health status are obtained…

  • A review of planting principles to identify the right place for the right tree for ‘net zero plus’ woodlands

    Open AccessIan J Bateman, Karen Anderson et al.ARTICLEPeople and Nature2023

    We outline the principles of the natural capital approach to decision making and apply these to the contemporary challenge of very significantly expanding woodlands as contribution to attaining net zero emissions of greenhouse gases. Drawing on the case of the UK, we argue that a single focus upon carbon storage alone is likely to overlook the other ‘net zero plus’ benefits which woodlands can deliver. A review of the literature considers the wid…

  • A systematic map of research exploring the effect of greenspace on mental health

    Open AccessRebecca M Collins, Rebecca Spake et al.ARTICLELandscape and Urban Planning2020

    The past 35 years has seen an accumulation of empirical evidence suggesting a positive association between greenspace and mental health. Existing reviews of evidence are narrow in scope, and do not adequately represent the broad range of disciplines working in this field. This study is the first systematic map of studies investigating greenspace effects on mental health. A total of 6059 papers were screened for their relevance, 276 of which met i…

  • The value of green walls to urban biodiversity

    Open AccessRebecca Collins, Rebecca M Collins et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2017Cited by: 2References: 58