Landscape, Well-Being and Environment

Herausgeber: Coles, Richard; Millman, Zoe

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Produktbeschreibung

Researchers from around the world link human well-being with landscape and the environment

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780415831512
• ISBN-10: 0415831512
• Artikelnr.: 39150082

Autorenporträt

Richard Coles is Professor of Urban Landscape and Environmental Interaction, with a background in forestry and issues relating to urban greening. He has a particular interest in examining how individuals perceive the landscape and has developed a range of theoretical perspectives which model user/environment interaction and from which the current emphasis on well-being stems. His initial training in biological sciences and current work within a design school of architecture allows him to adopt a unique stance to investigation and where he has received grant funding from the UK research councils and the EU. With Zoë Millman he has developed a range of well-being initiatives which target the landscape, walking, memory, and cultural engagement. Zoë Millman is a post-doctoral researcher at Birmingham Institute of Art & Design, with a background in museums and the history of art and architecture. She was awarded her PhD, 'Landscape narratives and the construction of meaning in the contemporary urban canal-scape' in 2012 (Birmingham City University / British Waterways). Her current research relates to how we perceive, remember, give meaning to and express our understanding of the landscape. Zoë's recent work has used creative research methods to investigate landscape perceptions, identities and well-being in partnership with community groups and national organisations.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Exploring the Potential for a 'Double Dividend': living
well and living greener Louise Reid and Colin Hunter 2. Modelling
Well-being and the Relationship Between Individuals and Their Environments
Sara Warber, Katherine Irvine, Patrick Devine-Wright and Kevin Gaston 3.
Synchronising Self and City: an everyday aesthetic for walking Fiona Bannon
4. Towards a Landscape of Well-Being: the role of landscape and perceptions
of place in human well-being Lindsay Sowman 5. Interactive Urban Landscapes
for Well-being and Sustainability Janice Astbury 6. The Contribution of
Greenery in Multifamily Houses as a Factor of Well-being Irene Yerro Vela
7. 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 8. Kids in the City: differing perceptions of one
neighbourhood in Aotearoa, New Zealand Penelope Carroll, Lanuola Asiasiga,
Nicola Tava'e and Karen Witten 9. Culture's Place in Well-Being: Measuring
Museum Well-being Interventions Erica Ander, Linda Thomson and Helen
Chatterjee 10. Using Woodlands to Improve Individual and Community
Well-being Liz O'Brien and Jake Morris 11. Children as Explorers: revealing
children's views on well-being in intensifying urban environments
Christina Ergler and Robin Kearns 12. Landscape, Well-being and Environment
Richard Coles and Zoë Millman