Overview
Provides evidence-backed data on the way nature affects the brain and how this information can be used in urban design
Offers a unique interdisciplinary approach bridging neuroscience, psychology, urban design, and nature
Fills a gap whereby the emotional effects of cities are considered beyond the built environment and form, to explore temporality and sensory perception
Uses an original approach by specifically focusing on the intersection between urban design, nature, and mental well being, making this a timely and important contribution
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“In this new book, Zoe Myers takes on the challenging task of integrating insights from diverse disciplines to explore evidence behind the myriad links between urban nature, mental health and urban design. Wildness and Wellbeing offers valuable insights for both those new to the field, and experienced practitioners keen to engage with tensions in understanding how and why different people respond to nature in the ways they do, and opportunities for addressing this complexity through design.” (Dr Sarah Bell, European Centre for Environment and Human Health, and University of Exeter Medical School, U.K.)
“Zoe Myers has tackled a subject that is long overdue—the need to re-wild urban places to better support our mental health and wellbeing. In addition to putting forth reams of compelling evidence, Myers offers sound and practical design principles and strategies to give people immediate, incidental, and incremental access to urban nature, the key to wellbeing in the city.” (Claire Latané, Ecological Designer and Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona)
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Book Title: Wildness and Wellbeing
Book Subtitle: Nature, Neuroscience, and Urban Design
Authors: Zoë Myers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9923-8
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-32-9922-1Published: 12 November 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-32-9923-8Published: 24 October 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 155
Number of Illustrations: 24 b/w illustrations
Topics: Human Geography, Urbanism, Cities, Countries, Regions, Urban Studies/Sociology, Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns)