Healthy Living Near Green Spaces (10-19-09)
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.
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.
Amy Ando and Payal Shah of the University of Illinois have been probing where to place conservation sites.
People’s feelings of connection to nature vary by season, at least in temperate zones.
We can use a standard framework to determine people’s opinions of spaces.
In an intriguing article Stover reports on the ways that human activity is changing the natural soundscape in which people have evolved.
Kahn and his colleagues synthesize material from several studies to assess the dangers of technological nature.
TAES (Towards An Excellent Service) “is a free diagnostic tool that allows an organization to define for itself how it is performing against a model of best [park] management practice.
Professors Jules Pretty, Jo Barton, and Rachel Hine of the University of Essex have used nature and wilderness experiences as a catalyst for change among young offenders in Essex.