Health benefits of nature experience: Psychological, social and cultural processes

By T. Hartig, A. V. D. Berg, C. Hagerhall, M. Tomalak, N. Bauer, R. Hansmann, A. Ojala, E. Syngollitou, G. Carrus, A. Herzele and 3 more. 2011

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Subfields: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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Environmental Protection and Nature as Distinct Attitudinal Objects (2013, background): “…thus an aspect of the environment more generally, which also encompasses the built environment, sociocultural processes, and geophysical and biological processes that are not immediately accessible to people’s awareness (for further discussion of the experience of nature, see Hartig et al., 2011).”
The effect of contact with natural environments on positive and negative affect: A meta-analysis (2015, background): “Second, many of the theories concerning the effects of nature on well-being, described below, were developed in the mid-to-late twentieth century and have experienced little revision since then (Hartig et al., 2011).”
Inducing physiological stress recovery with sounds of nature in a virtual reality forest--results from a pilot study. (2013, background): “Recovery in green environments has been proposed as particularly effective due to certain inherent qualities of nature, such as noise reduction and spontaneous induction of positive emotions [11–13].”
Before and after a natural disaster : disruption in emotion component of place-identity and wellbeing (2018, unknown): “…ﬁ ts from nature-related dimensions in both rural and urban settings (Bowler, Buyung-Ali, Knight, & Pullin, 2010; Abraham, Sommerhalder, & Abel, 2010; Hartig et al., 2011; Bratman, Daily, Levy, & Gross, 2015; Sandifer, Sutton-Grier, & Ward, 2015; Ode Sang, Knez, Gunnarsson, & Hedblom, 2016;…”
Joy and Calm: How an Evolutionary Functional Model of Affect Regulation Informs Positive Emotions in Nature (2016, background): “People who are more connected with nature experience greater psychological benefits from contact with nature (Hartig et al. 2011).”
Nature and health. (2014, background): “For example, dense urban settings, if poorly designed (without accessible green space), may reduce opportunities for stress-reducing nature contact as well as increase exposure to environmental stressors (53).”
Environmental cognitions, land change, and social–ecological feedbacks: an overview (2013, background): “Researches have often shown the general preference that individuals have for natural over artificial environments, and especially certain types of natural environments (Hartig et al. 2011).”
Rewilding: Science, Practice, and Politics (2015, background): “Programs to engage various sectors of the public with the wild are understood to deliver a range of mental and physical health benefits (149).”