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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Nilsson, Kjell (Editor ), Sangster, Marcus (Editor ), Gallis, Christos (Editor ), Hartig, Terry (Editor ), de Vries, Sjerp (Editor ), Seeland, Klaus (Editor ), Schipperijn, Jasper (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
Edición:1st ed. 2011.
Temas:
Forestry.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.-.

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