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Physiological and psychological effects of viewing urban forest landscapes assessed by multiple measurements
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In this paper, the physiological and psychological effects of viewing urban forest landscapes on 48 young male urban residents were investigated, and they found that in the forested areas, the subjects exhibited significantly lower diastolic blood pressure, significantly higher parasympathetic nervous activity, but significantly lower sympathetic nervous activity.About:
This article is published in Landscape and Urban Planning.The article was published on 2013-05-01. It has received 320 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Urban forest.read more
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Exploring connections among nature, biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human health and well-being: Opportunities to enhance health and biodiversity conservation ☆
TL;DR: This article assessed the state of knowledge on relationships between human health and nature and biodiversity, and prepared a comprehensive listing of reported health effects, finding strong evidence linking biodiversity with production of ecosystem services and between nature exposure and human health, but many of these studies were limited in rigor and often only correlative.
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The influence of urban green environments on stress relief measures: A field experiment
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the psychological and physiological effects of short-term visits to urban nature environments, and found that the salivary cortisol level decreased in a similar fashion in all three urban environments during the experiment.
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Evaluating restoration in urban green spaces: Does setting type make a difference?
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the restorative impacts of urban public spaces differing in naturalness and found that the wild woods were described as more arousing than the parkland and tended woodland.
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Where to put your best foot forward: Psycho-physiological responses to walking in natural and urban environments
Christopher Gidlow,Marc V. Jones,Gemma Hurst,Daniel Masterson,David Clark-Carter,Mika P. Tarvainen,Graham Smith,Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a randomised, cross-over, field-based trial compared psychological and physiological responses of unstressed individuals to self-paced 30-min walks in three pleasant environments: residential (urban), natural (green), and natural with water (blue).
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Physiological Effects of Nature Therapy: A Review of the Research in Japan.
TL;DR: This review aimed to objectively demonstrate the physiological effects of nature therapy in Japan and reviewed research in Japan related to those of forests, urban green space, plants, and wooden material and the analyses of individual differences that arise therein.
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View through a window may influence recovery from surgery
TL;DR: Surgical patients assigned to rooms with windows looking out on a natural scene had shorter postoperative hospital stays, received fewer negative evaluative comments in nurses' notes, and took fewer potent analgesics than matched patients in similar Rooms with windows facing a brick building wall.
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Beyond toxicity: human health and the natural environment.
TL;DR: Evidence supporting the "biophilia" hypothesis that humans have an innate bond with nature more generally implies that certain kinds of contact with the natural world may benefit health is presented and the implications for a broader agenda for environmental health are discussed.
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The physiological effects of Shinrin-yoku (taking in the forest atmosphere or forest bathing): evidence from field experiments in 24 forests across Japan.
TL;DR: The results show that forest environments promote lower concentrations of cortisol, lower pulse rate, lower blood pressure, greater parasympathetic nerve activity, and lower sympathetic nerve activity than do city environments.
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An inventory for the measurement of self‐reported stress and arousal
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Benefits and uses of urban forests and trees
TL;DR: The main benefits of urban trees and forests relate to health, aesthetic and recreational benefits in industrialized cities as discussed by the authors, however, these benefits have their own special features and therefore can be presented separately (Table 4.1).