Landscape, well-being and environment / edited by Richard Coles and Zöe Millman. - xiii, 222 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Richard Coles and Zoë Millman -- Exploring the potential for a 'double dividend': living well and living greener / Louise Reid and Colin Hunter -- Modelling well-being and the relationship between individuals and their environments / Sara Warber, Katherine Irvine, Patrick Devine-Wright and Kevin Gaston -- Synchronising self and city: an everyday aesthetic for walking / Fiona Bannon -- Towards a landscape of well-being: the role of landscape and perceptions of place in human well-being / Lindsay Sowman -- Interactive urban landscapes for well-being and sustainability / Janice Astbury -- The contribution of greenery in multi-family houses as a factor of well-being / Irene Yerro Vela -- Third places for the third age: the contribution of playable space to the well-being of older people / Benedict Spencer, Katie Williams, Lamine Mahdjoubi and Rachel Sara -- Kids in the city: differing perceptions of one neighbourhood in Aotearoa/New Zealand / Penelope Carroll, Lanuola Asiasiga, Nicola Tava'e and Karen Witten -- Culture's place in well-being: measuring museum well-being interventions / Erica Ander, Linda Thomson and Helen Chatterjee -- Using woodlands to improve individual and community well-being / Liz O'Brien and Jake Morris -- Children as explorers: revealing children's views on well-being in intensifying urban environments / Christina Ergler and Robin Kearns -- Landscape, well-being and environment / Richard Coles and Zoë Millman.

College of Arts and Sciences

9780415829984 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9780415831512 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2013016677


Human ecology--Psychological aspects.
Human ecology--Health aspects.
Environmentalism--Psychological aspects.
Well-being--Environmental aspects.
Landscapes--Psychological aspects.

BF353.5.N37 / L36 2014

155.91/L23