Therapeutic Landscapes (01-19-10)
English, Wilson, and Keller-Olaman have investigated the role of place in the lives of women recovering from breast cancer.
English, Wilson, and Keller-Olaman have investigated the role of place in the lives of women recovering from breast cancer.
Green environments around schools, such as green playgrounds and window views, might help ADD children, or even all children, function more effectively.
While many human choices have limited consequences, landscape preferences influence actions that ultimately help or hinder an area’s ecology. Several recent articles address varied aspects of this complex relationship. This is the first part of a two-part RDC review on the subject and its design implications.
Designers need to consider the holistic nature of place experiences.
For decades, environmental psychologists have been researching how noise (unwanted sound) indoors influences our mood and cognitive performance.
Nature can change the way we see the world, heightening our desire to be more altruisitc and caring.
How do people navigate in natural environments?
Dutch researchers have completed a research project that supports the findings of an assortment of other studies, all indicating that there are advantages to living near green spaces.
Researchers from the University of Rochester have uncovered even more evidence that experiencing nature is a good thing.
Zaradic and her colleagues have found that different sorts of nature experiences have different implications for a participant’s later support for environmental causes.