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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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Atlas Critical Tourism Studies - Asia Pacific Tourism (Event)
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How is knowledge production and use practiced in transdisciplinary research collaboration? Examining routines for water transformation
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New Political Economy Initiative Rural Economy Workshop
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Modeling microplastic transport through porous media : Challenges arising from dynamic transport behavior
Journal of Hazardous Materials (2025), Volume: 484 - ISSN 0304-3894 -
More inputs of antibiotics into groundwater but less into rivers as a result of manure management in China
Environmental Science and Ecotechnology (2025), Volume: 23 - ISSN 2666-4984 -
Evolution-assisted engineering of E. coli enables growth on formic acid at ambient CO2 via the Serine Threonine Cycle
Metabolic Engineering (2025), Volume: 88 - ISSN 1096-7176 - p. 14-24. -
Leveraging climate resilience capacities by (un)learning from transdisciplinary research projects
Climate Risk Management (2025), Volume: 47 - ISSN 2212-0963 -
The crane radar : Development and deployment of an operational eco-digital twin
Ecological Informatics (2025), Volume: 85 - ISSN 1574-9541 -
Numerical modelling of biogeomorphological processes in salt marsh development : Do short-term vegetation dynamics influence long-term development?
Geomorphology (2025), Volume: 471 - ISSN 0169-555X -
War threatens 18 % of protective plantations in eastern agroforestry region of Ukraine
Forest Ecology and Management (2025), Volume: 578 - ISSN 0378-1127