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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
Recent publications:
- The Health and Wellbeing Effects of Forests, Trees and Green Space;
- The spatial distribution of microplastics in topsoils of an urban environment - Coimbra city case-study;
- GIANT LEAPS towards healthy and sustainable future diets by filling knowledge gaps on alternative proteins;
- Green Salutogenic Environments;
- Seaweed processing for feed.
All publications (1986 - present)
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Publications
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Implementing a digital twin for flexible operation of agricultural robotics
In: Advances in agri-food robotics - Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing - ISBN: 9781801469913 - p. 185-222. -
Inventarisatie van het wilde sublitorale mosselbestand van de westelijke Waddenzee in het voorjaar van 2024
Yerseke: Wageningen Marine Research (Wageningen Marine Research rapport C021/24) -
Data underlying the publication: Interfacial protein adsorption behavior can be connected across a wide range of timescales using the microfluidic EDGE (Edge-based droplet GEneration) tensiometer
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Stem decomposition of temperate tree species is determined by stem traits and fungal community composition during early stem decay
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Evolutionary history and environmental variability structure contemporary tropical vertebrate communities
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Data from: Water level drawdown induces a legacy effect on the seed bank and retains sediment chemistry in a eutrophic clay wetland
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Data from: Africa’s overlooked top predator: towards a better understanding of martial eagle feeding ecology in the Maasai Mara, Kenya
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Data from: Tree demographic strategies largely overlap across succession in Neotropical wet and dry forest communities
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Winter feeding preferences and personality vary with territory characteristics in wild great tits
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Data from: The functional diversity–productivity relationship of woody plants is climatically sensitive