When lawns become forests : how natural/forest-like vegetation can better human health and well-being in urban areas
For a long time, lawns have dominated urban areas but are they good for human health and well-being? This study investigates how natural/forest-like vegetation affects human health and well-being and discusses why static lawns still dominate areas today even though there is much research on the po...
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SLU/Dept. Of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management
2021
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| author | Fänge, Elin |
| author_browse | Fänge, Elin |
| author_facet | Fänge, Elin |
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| description | For a long time, lawns have dominated urban areas but are they good for human health and well-being? This
study investigates how natural/forest-like vegetation affects human health and well-being and discusses why
static lawns still dominate areas today even though there is much research on the positive benefits of
natural/forest-like vegetation. The study has three main methods; 1 - A literature study that looks into what
Swedish state-owned organizations, global organization, and research studies write on the subject of human
health and well-being connected to human visits in natural/forest-like vegetation. 2 - A observational study
conducted in a town of Viken, Scania, Sweden looking what inhabitants do in a forest compared to a lawn.
Also, a bird recording was done to count how many birds sing in the areas of the forest and lawn. 3 - An
ArcGIS, Service Area analysis was done to calculate how many inhabitants today have access to the forest and
lawn areas in the district of Svanebäck, Viken. The results present a compelling argument for why decisionmakers
need to start looking into changing existing lawn areas to natural/forest-like vegetation. This study also
presents the consequences of not having daily access to natural/forest-like vegetation. |
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| institution | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
| language | Inglés |
| publishDate | 2021 |
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| publisher | SLU/Dept. Of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management |
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| spelling | RepoSLU171432021-09-08T01:04:33Z When lawns become forests : how natural/forest-like vegetation can better human health and well-being in urban areas Fänge, Elin biodiversity monoculture phycological physical well-being natural forests lawn forest grass dynamic vegetation human health human wellbeing green spaces For a long time, lawns have dominated urban areas but are they good for human health and well-being? This study investigates how natural/forest-like vegetation affects human health and well-being and discusses why static lawns still dominate areas today even though there is much research on the positive benefits of natural/forest-like vegetation. The study has three main methods; 1 - A literature study that looks into what Swedish state-owned organizations, global organization, and research studies write on the subject of human health and well-being connected to human visits in natural/forest-like vegetation. 2 - A observational study conducted in a town of Viken, Scania, Sweden looking what inhabitants do in a forest compared to a lawn. Also, a bird recording was done to count how many birds sing in the areas of the forest and lawn. 3 - An ArcGIS, Service Area analysis was done to calculate how many inhabitants today have access to the forest and lawn areas in the district of Svanebäck, Viken. The results present a compelling argument for why decisionmakers need to start looking into changing existing lawn areas to natural/forest-like vegetation. This study also presents the consequences of not having daily access to natural/forest-like vegetation. SLU/Dept. Of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management 2021 M2 eng https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17143/ |
| spellingShingle | biodiversity monoculture phycological physical well-being natural forests lawn forest grass dynamic vegetation human health human wellbeing green spaces Fänge, Elin When lawns become forests : how natural/forest-like vegetation can better human health and well-being in urban areas |
| title | When lawns become forests : how natural/forest-like vegetation can better
human health and well-being in urban areas |
| title_full | When lawns become forests : how natural/forest-like vegetation can better
human health and well-being in urban areas |
| title_fullStr | When lawns become forests : how natural/forest-like vegetation can better
human health and well-being in urban areas |
| title_full_unstemmed | When lawns become forests : how natural/forest-like vegetation can better
human health and well-being in urban areas |
| title_short | When lawns become forests : how natural/forest-like vegetation can better
human health and well-being in urban areas |
| title_sort | when lawns become forests : how natural/forest-like vegetation can better
human health and well-being in urban areas |
| topic | biodiversity monoculture phycological physical well-being natural forests lawn forest grass dynamic vegetation human health human wellbeing green spaces |