When lawns become forests
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 posi...
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| Formato: | First cycle, G2E |
| Lenguaje: | sueco Inglés |
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| Acceso en línea: | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17254/ |
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| author | Fänge, Elin |
| author_browse | Fänge, Elin |
| author_facet | Fänge, Elin |
| author_sort | Fänge, Elin |
| collection | Epsilon Archive for Student Projects |
| 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. |
| format | First cycle, G2E |
| id | RepoSLU17254 |
| institution | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
| language | Swedish Inglés |
| publishDate | 2021 |
| publishDateSort | 2021 |
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| spelling | RepoSLU172542021-09-30T01:00:49Z https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17254/ When lawns become forests Fänge, Elin Landscape architecture 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. 2021-09-17 First cycle, G2E NonPeerReviewed application/pdf sv https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17254/3/fange_e_210622.pdf Fänge, Elin, 2021. When lawns become forests : how natural/forest-like vegetation can better human health and well being in urban areas. First cycle, G2E. Alnarp: (LTJ, LTV) > Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101) <https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/view/divisions/OID-644.html> urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-17254 eng |
| spellingShingle | Landscape architecture Fänge, Elin When lawns become forests |
| title | When lawns become forests |
| title_full | When lawns become forests |
| title_fullStr | When lawns become forests |
| title_full_unstemmed | When lawns become forests |
| title_short | When lawns become forests |
| title_sort | when lawns become forests |
| topic | Landscape architecture |
| url | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17254/ https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17254/ |