Preference for Nature in Urbanized Societies: Stress, Restoration, and the Pursuit of Sustainability

By A. V. D. Berg, T. Hartig, H. Staats. 2007

773 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Sociology and Political Science, Speech and Hearing

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In Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

1. A. V. D. Berg
2. P. Grahn
3. J. Pretty
4. J. Ottosson
5. Anna Jorgensen
6. Sander L. Koole
7. J. Barton
8. E. Wilson

In Sociology and Political Science

1. A. V. D. Berg
2. Sander L. Koole
3. Anna Jorgensen
4. G. Carrus
5. P. Grahn
6. J. Barton
7. G. Fry
8. E. Wilson

In Speech and Hearing

1. J. Pretty
2. G. Fry
3. E. Wilson
4. A. V. D. Berg
5. J. Ottosson
6. P. Grahn
7. M. Tveit
8. Anna Jorgensen

Citations in the corpus

• The health benefits of walking in greenspaces of high natural and heritage value (2009, background): “…by reducing stress, enhancing mood and offering a restorative environment which enables people to escape from the stresses of urban life (Ulrich 1981; Kaplan and Kaplan 1989; Hartig et al. 1991, 2003; Ulrich et al. 1991; Van den Berg et al. 2003; Louv 2005; Priest, 2007; Van den Berg et al. 2007).”
• Benefits and well-being perceived by people visiting green spaces in periods of heat stress. (2009, background): “Green space environments appear to have a greater capacity, compared with built-up ones, of promoting psychological restoration (e.g., Hartig et al., 1991; Hartig, 2004; Van den Berg et al., 2007).”
• The Role of Natural Settings in Crisis Rehabilitation: How Does the Level of Crisis Influence the Response to Experiences of Nature with Regard to Measures of Rehabilitation? (2008, background): “Humans can quickly and easily deal with millions of informational stimuli from nature: ‘soft fascination’ (Kaplan, 2001; van den Berg et al., 2007).”
• Evaluating restoration in urban green spaces: Does setting type make a difference? (2014, result): “Discussion The results of this study add to the mounting evidence for the reater restorative potential of urban green spaces relative to built rban spaces (Bowler et al., 2010; Van den Berg et al., 2007; Velarde t al., 2007).”
• The psychology of emotion regulation: An integrative review (2009, background): “For instance, developmental research indicates that caregivers may play a key role in regulating children's emotional states (Southam-Gerow & Kandell, 2002) and environmental research has shown that natural settings can promote more rapid recovery from stress than urban settings (Van den Berg, Harti”
• Psychosocial Outcomes as Motivations for Visiting Nearby Urban Green Spaces (2012, neutral): “This result suggests that people actively seek to escape to the natural environments that Ulrich (1983), Ulrich et al. (1991), Staats et al. (2003), and van den Berg et al. (2007) found to be more restorative than urban environments.”