Innovative Approaches to Researching Landscape and Health: Open Space: People Space 2

Synopsis

Our modern lifestyles often cause us to spend more time sitting behind a desk than being active outdoors. At the same time, our general health is deteriorating. The alarming rise in obesity, sedentary lifestyles and mental ill-health across the developed world has resulted in an urgent desire to understand how the environment, in particular the outdoor environment, influences health. This book addresses the growing interest in salutogenic environments - landscapes that support healthy lifestyles and promote well-being – and the need for innovative methods to research them. Drawing on multidisciplinary approaches from environmental psychology, health sciences, urban design, landscape architecture and horticulture, it questions how future research can be better targeted to inform policy and practice in health promotion. The contributing authors are international experts in researching landscape, health and the environment, drawn together by OPENspace directors who have a unique reputation in this area. This pioneering book is a valuable resource for postgraduate researchers and practitioners in both environmental and health studies.

Copyright:

2014

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781136988363

Related ISBNs:

9780203853252, 9780415549110, 9780415549110, 9781138787933, 9781138787933

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

07/21/19

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial material, Catharine Ward Thompson, Peter Aspinall and Simon Bell

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Health, Mind and Body, Home and Garden

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Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Catharine Ward Thompson

Edited by:

Peter Aspinall

Edited by:

Simon Bell