| Description |
1 online resource (46 p.) |
| Series |
Essentials, Springer essentials |
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Springer essentials
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| Contents |
Intro -- What you can find in this essential -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Author -- 1 Introduction: Forests as a Recreation Area -- 1.1 Ecosystem Services of Forests -- 1.2 Forest Solitude: Forests as Places of Longing -- 2 The Health Benefits of Forest Visits -- 2.1 Forests: Places of Spiritual Refuge and Encounter -- 2.2 Human-Place Relationships -- 2.3 Forest Climate -- 3 Shinrin Yoku: Forest Bathing -- 3.1 Multisensory Forest Experience -- 3.2 Mindfulness -- 3.3 Effects on the Human Body -- 4 Forests in Climate Change -- 5 Outlook -- What you can learn from this essential |
| Summary |
Joachim Rathmann presents the interdisciplinary links between forests and human health. Forests provide numerous ecosystem services for the survival, well-being, and maintenance and enhancement of human health. Forests provide multisensory recreational spaces and can therefore be considered a resource that positively impacts both physical, mental, and social aspects of health. The author presents natural science, social science, and humanities research in an understandable, clear, and concise manner for a diverse readership. The content Forest ecosystem services Spiritual refuges Health benefits of forest visits Shinrin Yoku: Forest bathing Forests in climate change The target groups Professionals in environmental education, health, and forest sciences Students in earth,biological, health, and educational sciences The author Joachim Rathmann works on human-environment relations at the Institute of Geography (University of Augsburg) and as an adjunct professor at the School of Science and the Environment (Memorial University in Newfoundland). The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 13, 2023) |
| Subject |
Forests and forestry -- Health aspects
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Forests and forestry -- Health aspects.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783658425289 |
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3658425288 |
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