Assessing the restorative potential of contemporary urban environment(s): Beyond the nature versus urban dichotomy

By D. Karmanov, R. Hamel. 2008

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The Restorative Environment: A Complementary Concept for Salutogenesis Studies (2017, background): “…used in studies—often dominated by streets and sidewalks with busy pedestrian and vehicular traffic—do not well represent the urban environment (Karmanov & Hamel, 2008), and that many environments in the urban context, such as cafés, are frequently sought out and enjoyed for restoration…”
Effect of environmental conditions on perceived psychological restorativeness of coastal parks (2011, unknown): “…environments reduce stress (Velarde, Fry, & Tveit, 2007); elicit improvements in mood and concentration (van den Berg, Koole, & van der Wulp, 2003; Karmanov & Hamel, 2008); reduce heart rate (Chang, Hammitt, Chen, Machnik, & Su, 2008); correlate with selfreported health and quality of life…”
The Role of Nature in Coping with Psycho-Physiological Stress: A Literature Review on Restorativeness (2014, background): “ART claims that fascination is a restorative characteristic of an environment related to information processing, therefore suitable urban-artificial solutions can sometime fill the gap due to the lack of nature [30,31,39].”