Agnieszka Olszewska-Guizzo

Neuroscience for Designing Green Spaces

Contemplative Landscapes

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book delves into the neuroscience behind contemplative landscapes, their key spatial characteristics, and practical application of the Contemplative Landscape Model through case studies from around the world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 154mm x 235mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 462g
• ISBN-13: 9781032280639
• ISBN-10: 1032280638
• Artikelnr.: 67400124

Autorenporträt

Agnieszka Olszewska-Guizzo is a landscape architect and neuroscience researcher who conducted interdisciplinary research at the University of Porto, Portugal, the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, USA, and the National University of Singapore. She is a co-founder and lead researcher at NeuroLandscape NGO and a fellow of the Centre for Urban Design and Mental Health.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction PART 1: SCIENCE BEHIND THE CONTEMPLATIVE LANDSCAPES 1.
Therapeutic Mechanisms of Urban Green Spaces 2. Brain Response to
Contemplative Landscapes and Mental Health Implications 3. How to Benefit
the Most from Contemplative Landscape Exposure? PART 2: CONTEMPLATIVE
LANDSCAPE FEATURES 4. Character of Peace and Silence 5. Compatibility 6.
Layers of the Landscape 7. Landform 8. Biodiversity 9. Color and Light 10.
Archetypal Elements PART 3: EXISTING AND FUTURE APPROACHES 11. How to
Design Contemplative Landscapes? Best Practices and Case Examples 12. How
to Identify Contemplative Landscapes? CLM User¿s Manual 13. A Vision of a
Mentally Healthy City