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Title
Forest as a health resource / Joachim Rathmann.
Uniform Title
Gesundheitsressource Wald. English
ISBN
9783658425289 (electronic bk.)
3658425288 (electronic bk.)
365842527X
9783658425272
Publication Details
Wiesbaden : Springer, 2023.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (46 p.).
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-658-42528-9 doi
Call Number
RA566
Dewey Decimal Classification
614.4/2252
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.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 13, 2023).
Series
Springer essentials.
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
