Dossier
Natural surroundings and health
Natural surroundings can benefit human health in many ways. Wageningen University & Research studies issues concerning the optimal design and management of natural surroundings, the impact of landscape and urban design on social safety and possibilities for using the existing natural surroundings to influence human behaviour.
Examples of how natural surroundings can contribute to human health
- Recovery from stress
- Promotion of social contact
- Ensuring optimal childhood development
- Stimulation of personal development and providing a sense of purpose
- As an impetus for exercise, reducing obesity
News about natural surroundings and health
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WHO stresses the importance of green spaces for mental health
- Green spaces are important to our mental health. With urbanisation on the rise, people living in cities have less access to green areas. At the same... -
How nature boosts the health of city residents
- Trees lining a street may encourage people to take a longer stroll or choose to bike to work. New research shows how access to natural areas in cities... -
Increased pollen in the air related to increase in coronavirus infections
- Global research has revealed that increased pollen in the air is associated with an increase in coronavirus infections. The SARS-CoV-2 virus may...
Projects about natural surroudings and health
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A digital inspiration map for greening neighbourhoods of Amsterdam
This study shows how participatory GIS can aid in decision making around urban greening. In Amsterdam, this helped promoting a dialogue between... -
PARTIGAN: Participatory Greening of Arnhem and Nijmegen
Empirical evidence is mounting that having nature nearby and contact with nature positively affect health and well-being. People living in a green... -
Green schoolyards
The project helps to highlight the importance of children’s contact with greenery and nature. More specifically, it can help to form a... -
Healing Gardens
We are testing to what extent gardening can help (former) cancer patients meeting the norms of physical activity and fruit and vegetable intake, and... -
Green entrepreneurial reintegration practices for residents with mental health problems
Since 2015, municipalities are responsible for the reintegration of people with mental health problems. A large part of this group of people doesn't...
Publications
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The effect of mature plant resistance in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris spp. vulgaris) on survival, fecundity and behaviour of green peach aphids (Myzus persicae)
Bulletin of Entomological Research (2022). - ISSN 0007-4853 -
Doorwerking Programma Stikstofreductie en Natuurverbetering : sociaaleconomische analyse van bron- en natuurherstelmaatregelen
Wageningen : Wageningen Economic Research (Rapport / Wageningen Economic Research 2022-019) - ISBN 9789464471502 - p. -
Urban Green Parks for Long-Term Subjective Well-Being : Empirical Relationships between Personal Characteristics, Park Characteristics, Park Use, Sense of Place, and Satisfaction with Life in The Netherlands
Sustainability 14 (2022)9. - ISSN 2071-1050 -
How to engage informal midstream agribusiness in enhancing food system outcomes : what we know and what we need to know better
Wageningen : Wageningen Economic Research (Working paper / Wageningen Economic Research 2022-034) - p. -
Characterizing Garden Greenspace in a Medieval European City : Added Values of Spatial Resolution and Multi-Temporal Stereo Imagery
Remote Sensing 14 (2022)5. - ISSN 2072-4292 -
Neighborhood food typologies, fast food outlet visitation and snack food purchasing among adolescents in Melbourne, Australia
Public Health Nutrition 25 (2022)3. - ISSN 1368-9800 - p. 729 - 737. -
Water pollution threatening marine, coastal and estuarine systems : A review of environmental-economic approaches for the assessment of development strategies
In: Disaster Management and Human Health Risk VII. - : WITpress (WIT Transactions on the Built Environment ) - ISBN 9781784664459 - p. 135 - 147. -
How effective are nature-based solutions in different environments?
In: Air Pollution XXIX. - : WIT Press (WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment ) - ISBN 9781784664398 - p. 3 - 14. -
Understanding urban climate
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Working at Green Care Farms and Other Innovative Small-Scale Long-Term Dementia Care Facilities Requires Different Competencies of Care Staff
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18 (2021)20. - ISSN 1660-4601
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