This paper emphasises that the coastal environment is important for the health and wellbeing of inhabitants living in deprived neighbourhoods in the small island state of Malta. Using qualitative research, it explores how the respondents experience their interaction with the coast and the sea in diverse ways and how this impacts on their health and wellbeing. Making use of qualitative in-depth interviews it analyses the symbolic connections that the respondents have with the sea, the potential that the natural, coastal environment has in enhancing physical activity and mental wellbeing, feelings of embodiment, social interaction and the aspect of temporality. Yet, some nostalgic memories also referred to the aspect of loss and the importance of protection of the natural coastline. This paper acknowledges the deep emotions and strong loving connections that Maltese inhabitants have with the coastal environment and how valuable these spaces are for their health and wellbeing. The fluid, dynamic landforms at sea are greatly important for the health and wellbeing of these individuals and are highly valued therapeutic landscapes within a densely built up environmental island context.

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岛屿上的蓝色治疗空间：沿海景观及其对马耳他人的健康和福祉的影响

本文强调指出，沿海环境对于生活在马耳他小岛国贫困地区的居民的健康和福祉至关重要。通过定性研究，它探索了受访者如何以多种方式体验他们与沿海和海洋的互动，以及这如何影响他们的健康和福祉。通过定性深入访谈，它分析了受访者与大海之间的象征联系，自然，沿海环境在增强体育活动和心理健康方面的潜力，包容感，社交互动以及暂时性。然而，一些怀旧的回忆也提到了损失的方面以及保护自然海岸线的重要性。本文承认马耳他居民与沿海环境之间的深厚情感和深厚的感情联系，以及这些空间对于他们的健康和福祉具有多么宝贵的价值。海上动荡的地貌对这些人的健康和福祉非常重要，并且是在密集构建的环境岛环境中极有价值的治疗景观。