Forests, Trees and Human Health
The link between modern lifestyles and increasing levels of chronic heart disease, obesity, stress and poor mental health is a concern across the world. The cost of dealing with these conditions places a large burden on national public health budgets so that policymakers are increasingly looking at...
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| Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2011.
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Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Preface
- 1. Forests, Trees and Human Health and Well-being: Introduction
- Part I: Forest Products and Environmental Services. 2. Urban forests and their ecosystem services in relation to human health
- 3. Forest Products with Health-Promoting and Medicinal Properties
- 4. Negative aspects and hazardous effects of forest environment on human health
- Part II: Physical and Mental Health and the Experience of Nature. 5. Health benefits of nature experience: Psychological, social and cultural processes
- 6. Health benefits of nature experience: The challenge of linking practice and research
- 7. Health benefits of nature experience: Implications of practice for research
- Part III: Promoting Physical Activity. 8. Contributions of Natural Environments to Physical Activity
- 9. Natural elements and physical activity in urban green space planning and design
- 10. Motivating people to be physically active in green spaces
- Part IV: Therapeutical and Educational Aspects. 11. Nature-based therapeutic interventions
- 12. Outdoor education, life long learning and skills development in woodlands and green spaces: the potential links to health and well-being
- Part V: Forest and Health Policies and Economics. 13. Measuring health benefits of green space in economic terms
- Postscript: Landscapes and health as representations of cultural diversity.-.
