The beneficial health, wellbeing and liveability impacts of urban nature are broadly evidenced and increasingly engaged with in planning and policy. But anomalies in empirical evidence suggest that benefits do not flow equally to all. This review paper analyses the contribution of existing research on how the material and social context and subjective factors shape the social impact of urban nature. We review 46 international papers published between 2019 and 2021 that present findings from inner-city metropolitan contexts. The findings evidence variations in benefits and some dis-benefits derived from urban nature associated with features of the material context (e.g., urban and greenspace form, infrastructure and facilities), the social context (e.g., demographic diversity and socio-economic standing) and subjective factors such as gender and cultural identity. We recommend an inclusive research and planning approach that is attuned to the role of the human experience in the realisation of the social impact of urban nature to ensure that the prevalent urban greening agenda actually benefits all city dwellers and does not unintentionally contribute to further inequality. We recommend a shift of focus from ‘physical access to nature’ to ‘actually realised access to its benefits’ for more inclusive policy and planning.

城市自然对健康、福祉和宜居性的有益影响已得到广泛证明，并越来越多地参与到规划和政策中。但经验证据的反常现象表明，收益并非平等地流向所有人。这篇评论文章分析了现有研究关于物质和社会背景以及主观因素如何塑造城市自然的社会影响的贡献。我们回顾了 2019 年至 2021 年间发表的 46 篇国际论文，这些论文展示了来自市中心大都市背景的研究结果。调查结果表明，城市自然带来的好处和一些坏处与物质环境（例如，城市和绿地形式、基础设施和设施）、社会环境（例如，人口多样性和社会经济地位）以及性别和文化认同等主观因素。我们建议采用包容性研究和规划方法，以适应人类经验在实现城市自然社会影响方面的作用，以确保普遍的城市绿化议程真正惠及所有城市居民，并且不会无意中加剧不平等。我们建议将重点从“亲近自然”转移到“实际实现其利益”，以制定更具包容性的政策和规划。我们建议采用包容性研究和规划方法，以适应人类经验在实现城市自然社会影响方面的作用，以确保普遍的城市绿化议程真正惠及所有城市居民，并且不会无意中加剧不平等。我们建议将重点从“亲近自然”转移到“实际实现其利益”，以制定更具包容性的政策和规划。我们建议采用包容性研究和规划方法，以适应人类经验在实现城市自然社会影响方面的作用，以确保普遍的城市绿化议程真正惠及所有城市居民，并且不会无意中加剧不平等。我们建议将重点从“亲近自然”转移到“实际实现其利益”，以制定更具包容性的政策和规划。