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International handbook of forest therapy /

The first International Handbook of Forest Therapy defines the scientific domain of this innovative, evidence-based and timely public health approach. More than 50 authors from around the world are brought together to offer their expertise and insights about forest therapy from a variety of research...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kotte, Dieter, 1956- (Editor ), Li, Qing, 1970 February 24- (Editor ), Shin, Won Sop, 1959- (Editor ), Michalsen, Andreas (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher, 2019.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Theoretical framework of forest therapy. Forests, experience and the good life ; Nature's pathways on human health ; Updating the biophilia hypothesis in the context of forest medicine ; Eco-psychosomatics: the link between natural habitats and human health ; Bioplans for forest therapy
  • The status quo of research in forest medicine. Introduction of forest medicine: forest medicine as an important field of research ; Effect of forest therapy on the immune function ; The psychological and psychosomatic benefits of forest therapy ; Effect of forest therapy on the human psycho-neuro-endocrino-immune network ; Effect of forest therapy on the activities of sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves ; The potential preventive effect of forest therapy on lifestyle-related diseases
  • The status quo of research in forest therapy. The effect of phytoncides ; How might contact with nature promote human health? Promising mechanisms and a possible central pathway ; Forestry and community livelihoods ; Bringing it home: Forest therapy, policy and cities ; Seeing the forest through the trees: Contemporary and future avenues of research
  • International approaches in forest therapy. Forest therapy in Korea ; The origin and development of Chinese forest therapy ; The development of forest therapy in Taiwan ; Forest therapy in Malaysia ; Forest therapy in Australia ; Health promotion and nature-culture outdoors actions as forest therapy in Norway ; Forest therapy in Sweden ; Forest therapy in Germany ; Austria: The forest as a touristic landscape ; Switzerland: Our forests for human health: Forest ecosystems, forest management and forest therapy as a tool in integrative prevention and treatment of non-communicable diseases ; International Nature and Forest Therapy Alliance (INFTA)
  • Forest therapy as a practice. International core curriculum of forest therapy and forest therapy guide training ; Forest therapy and stress relief ; The conduct of a forest therapy session ; Forest therapy practices for self-transformation ; Awaken pristine awareness through forest therapy exercises ; Qigong and forest therapy ; The development of cure and healing forests in Mecklenburg-Pomerania, Germany
  • Benefits of forest therapy as a public health approach. Forest therapy as a preventive medicine ; Relationship between experiential benefits, place attachment, health/wellbeing and healthy lifestyle behaviors for forest therapy campers ; The effect of ecological interpretation on the benefits of forest therapy ; Public health and green space ; Forest therapy: Limitations and outlook
  • List of contributing authors and editors.