When walking in nature is not restorative—The role of prospect and refuge

Gatersleben, Birgitta; Andrews, Matthew

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.01.001

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“…Conclusions regarding physiological effects were limited by a lack of studies that had the desired design features. Studies done since that 2010 review have further expanded the body of experimental evidence in several directions: additional comparison conditions [e.g., more or less open vegetation (45); encountered in different ways, e.g., work site desktop relaxation packages (60)], alone or in company (64), and in additional subpopulations [e.g., children with attention deficit disorder (ADD) (121), with effects registered using additional measurement techniques (e.g., cortisol; 129)].…”

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Nature and Health

Hartig

Mitchell

Vries

et al. 2014

Annu. Rev. Public Health

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Urbanization, resource exploitation, and lifestyle changes have diminished possibilities for human contact with nature in many societies. Concern about the loss has helped motivate research on the health benefits of contact with nature. Reviewing that research here, we focus on nature as represented by aspects of the physical environment relevant to planning, design, and policy measures that serve broad segments of urbanized societies. We discuss difficulties in defining "nature" and reasons for the current expansion of the research field, and we assess available reviews. We then consider research on pathways between nature and health involving air quality, physical activity, social cohesion, and stress reduction. Finally, we discuss methodological issues and priorities for future research. The extant research does describe an array of benefits of contact with nature, and evidence regarding some benefits is strong; however, some findings indicate caution is needed in applying beliefs about those benefits, and substantial gaps in knowledge remain.

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Nature and Health

Hartig

Mitchell

Vries

et al. 2014

Annu. Rev. Public Health

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“…Empirical support for this theory has been discerned in the results of true and quasi-experiments in laboratory and field settings, some of which have concerned single, brief occasions spent in natural versus urban environments (e.g., Berman, Jonides, & Kaplan, 2008;Hartig, Evans, et al, 2003;Hartig, Mang, & Evans, 1991) or different kinds of natural environments (e.g., Gatersleben & Andrews, 2013;Ratcliffe, Gatersleben, & Sowden, 2013) and others of which assumed repeated contacts with nature in a residential or therapeutic context (e.g., Kuo & Sullivan, 2001;Cimprich, 1993; for a selective review, see Kaplan & Berman, 2010). In their meta-analysis, however, Bowler et al (2010) could not reliably affirm attentional benefits of nature experiences on the basis of the results available at that stage in the development of the literature.…”

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The Restorative Environment: A Complementary Concept for Salutogenesis Studies

Lindern

Lymeus

Hartig

2016

The Handbook of Salutogenesis

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“…Sense of 'space' was found with effect on evaluation of perceived restorativeness (Peschardt and Stigsdotter 2013) and decrease in poor mental health (Annerstedt et al 2012). A setting with broad vista view ('prospect') has restorativeness potential as required less direct attention Gatersleben and Andrews (2013) and is effective during a stress recovery stage Wang et al (2016). People inherently love living things in nature and was shown that environments with 'rich in species' have positive effect on their emotional restoration (Carrus et al 2015;Marselle et al 2016) and mental well-being Wolf et al (2017).…”

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Investigation into University Students Restoration Experience: The Effects of Perceived Sensory Dimension and Perceived Restorativeness

Malekinezhad¹,

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2017

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Salutogenic landscape with its health-promoting qualities is a solution for ever-increasing problem of stress for university students as a vulnerable group. Based on nature related theories, natural environments could have a salutary effect on psychological restoration through stress alleviation. There is a body of research on investigating the impact of open green space characteristics for increasing of psychological restoration through framework of attention restoration theory and supportive environment theory. However, there is little knowledge on how the interaction among these characteristics could promote perceived restoration experience (PRE). To address this problem, using perceived sensory dimension (PSD) for open green space qualities and Perceived Restorativeness (PR) as properties of restorative environments, this study assessed the extent to which the PSD and PR impact on PRE. Using 444 screened data, the mediation effect of PR on the association of PSD to PRE is shown as well as the validity and reliability of proposed relationships. 'Serene', 'space', 'prospect', 'rich in species' and 'nature' were the most influential PSDs on PRE through their higher effect on perceived characteristics of 'fascination' and 'compatibility'. These results provide information within landscape architecture and planning to promote the development of open spaces as resources for psychological restoration and stress relief.

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When walking in nature is not restorative—The role of prospect and refuge

Cited by 257 publications

References 48 publications

Nature and Health

Nature and Health

The Restorative Environment: A Complementary Concept for Salutogenesis Studies

Investigation into University Students Restoration Experience: The Effects of Perceived Sensory Dimension and Perceived Restorativeness

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