An Overview of Psychological Restoration in Urban Environment: Integration of Pro-Environmental Theory into Neuro-Landscape Study

Abstract

Rapid urbanization has brought changes in life events that impact the psychological problem of mental health. The urban nature serves as a Psychological Restoration (PR) among affected people. Besides, closed attachment with nature leads somebody to react as pro-environmental. Despite many studies on nature and PR, hardly any studied in neuro-landscape (NL) intervene with pro-environment behaviour (PEB) on PR. Thus, this paper explores the potential of PEB to integrate on PR via a systematic mapping review with 23 articles. Hence, these significant arguments were discussed in detail as a basis to support the future study proposition.Keywords: Neuro-Landscape (NL), Pro-Environmental Behaviour (PEB), Psychological Restoration (PR), Urban Environment (UE)eISSN: 2514-7528 © 2020 The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/jabs.v5i16.349

A Systematic Review of Botanical Gardens Towards Eco Restoration and Connectedness to Nature for Psychological Restoration

“…Studies on ecological restoration, as well as the potential of urban green areas to lessen psychological and mental health difficulties, have recently gained a lot of attention. As stated by Othman et al [3], psychological disorders are also known as mental disorders. Therefore, restorative potential can be defined as the potential in reducing negative psychological conditions aside from promoting positive values within a natural landscape.…”

“…Connecting with urban natural spaces has been shown in studies to have restorative psychological impacts on city dwellers. Recovery from stress, which activated position feelings [5,25], improved cognitive functioning and emotions, and room for psychotherapy for individuals seeking peace and tranquilly [3,28] were among these impacts. These represent a restorative environment in enhancing people's social function and well-being in urban areas [4].…”

“…Botanic gardens can restore diverse and ecologically resilient places as they hold huge amounts of usable knowledge when it comes to ecological restoration. Furthermore, the uniquely positioned botanic gardens help address the issues relative to restoring ecosystems as all key elements in achieving successful restoration are present -providing knowledge and expertise in plant taxonomy, horticulture, conservation biology, arboriculture, ethnobotany, and restoration ecology [3,5,26].…”

“…Research on ecological restoration has received much attention in recent years for the potential of urban green areas in lessening psychological and mental health issues. Like any other country, Malaysia recorded an increased number of mental health issues, with statistical data reporting worrying outcomes [3,27]. The acceleration of urbanisation that began during the Industrial Revolution initiated a largescale separation of people from the green environment, thus leading to various social issues such as aggression, alienation, and mental health within urban areas [3].…”

“…Like any other country, Malaysia recorded an increased number of mental health issues, with statistical data reporting worrying outcomes [3,27]. The acceleration of urbanisation that began during the Industrial Revolution initiated a largescale separation of people from the green environment, thus leading to various social issues such as aggression, alienation, and mental health within urban areas [3]. The approach in environmental psychology in reducing mental illness is identified to be helpful, thus shifting psychological effects positively.…”