Willingness to Pay for Green Spaces (11-16-11)
A team based at the University of Sheffield has found that the public is willing to pay more for greener urban spaces.
A team based at the University of Sheffield has found that the public is willing to pay more for greener urban spaces.
Purcell, Lyons, Dierking, and Fischel investigated programming to meet the needs of adolescents (age 13 -19) at public gardens in the United States.
Another benefit to children of being outdoors has been identified – that time outside seems to improve their vision.
Ozguner’s research indicates the importance of considering users’ cultures when designing parks - or any other sort of place.
Hinds and Sparks present a nuanced assessment of people’s responses to natural environments.
Morgan reviews the research supporting therapeutic uses of nature and discusses several recent projects that have put the resulting scientific findings to good use.
As world cultures come into increased contact, learning how specific national groups differ in their experience of the physical world becomes more urgent.
Increasing numbers of themed environments are being built. How does being in a themed space affect visitors?
People underestimate the pleasure that they experience in nature, which has implications for the development of sustainability initiatives.
Eric Heyman investigated environments in which people and birds thrive.