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Green exercise : linking nature, health and well-being / edited by Jo Barton, Rachel Bragg, Carly Wood and Jules Pretty

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, Earthscan from Routledge, [2016]Description: xv, 211 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781138807655
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GV 706 .G820 2016
Contents:
The Seven Heresies of Asclepius : Behaviours that Affect Well-being / Jules Pretty and David Pencheon -- Nature in Buildings and Health Design / Stephen R. Kellert -- Green Exercise, Health and a Dose of Nature / Jo Barton, Carly Wood, Jules Pretty and Mike Rogerson -- How to get more out of the Green Exercise Experience : Insights from Attention Restoration Theory / Jason Duvall and William C. Sullivan -- Children's Connections to Nature and Green Exercise / Carly Wood, Rachel Bragg and Jules Pretty -- Learning on the Move : Green Exercise for Children and Young People / Liz O'Brien, Bianca Ambrose-Oji, Sue Waite, Jennie Aronsson and Maria Clark -- The Benefits of Blue Exercise / Mathew P. White, Sarah Bell, Lewis R. Elliott, Rebecca Jenkin, Benedict W. Wheeler and Michael H. Depledge -- Forest Bathing in Japan / Qing Li -- Healthy Parks, Healthy People : Evidence from Australia / Mardie Townsend and Claire Henderson-Wilson -- Green Care : Nature-based Interventions for Vulnerable People / Joe Sempik and Rachel Bragg -- Care Farming and Probation / Helen Elsey, Jenni Murray and Rochelle Gold -- Green Care Interventions for Youth at Risk / Jo Roberts, Jo Barton and Carly Wood -- Green Exercise in the Workplace / Valerie Gladwell and Dan Brown -- Green Exercise and Dementia / Neil Mapes -- The Benefits of Greener and Healthier Economies / Jules Pretty and Jo Barton
Summary: The concept of Green Exercise has now been widely adopted and implies a synergistic health benefit of being active in the presence of nature. This book provides a balanced overview and synthesis text on all aspects of Green Exercise and integrates evidence from many different disciplines including physiology, ecology, psychology, sociology and the environmental sciences, and across a wide range of countries. It describes the impact of Green Exercise on human health and well-being through all stages of the lifecourse and covers a wide spectrum from cellular processes such as immune function through to facilitating human behavioural change. It demonstrates the value of Green Exercise for activity and education purposes in both schools and the workplace, as well as its therapeutic properties. Green Exercise is an effective intervention for vulnerable groups and promoting healthy ageing, with activities including wilderness therapy, therapeutic horticulture and the use of forests and water. Chapters also integrate cross-cutting key themes which are relevant to all stages of the lifecourse and have significantly contributed to the Green Exercise research base, such as forest bathing and blue exercise. The book also explores the future of Green Exercise, the way in which research can be used to influence green design and planning and how health, social care and environmental agendas can be integrated to enable Green Exercise to be more widely used as a mechanism for improving health. [Provided by the publisher]
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Includes bibliographical references and index

The Seven Heresies of Asclepius : Behaviours that Affect Well-being / Jules Pretty and David Pencheon -- Nature in Buildings and Health Design / Stephen R. Kellert -- Green Exercise, Health and a Dose of Nature / Jo Barton, Carly Wood, Jules Pretty and Mike Rogerson -- How to get more out of the Green Exercise Experience : Insights from Attention Restoration Theory / Jason Duvall and William C. Sullivan -- Children's Connections to Nature and Green Exercise / Carly Wood, Rachel Bragg and Jules Pretty -- Learning on the Move : Green Exercise for Children and Young People / Liz O'Brien, Bianca Ambrose-Oji, Sue Waite, Jennie Aronsson and Maria Clark -- The Benefits of Blue Exercise / Mathew P. White, Sarah Bell, Lewis R. Elliott, Rebecca Jenkin, Benedict W. Wheeler and Michael H. Depledge -- Forest Bathing in Japan / Qing Li -- Healthy Parks, Healthy People : Evidence from Australia / Mardie Townsend and Claire Henderson-Wilson -- Green Care : Nature-based Interventions for Vulnerable People / Joe Sempik and Rachel Bragg -- Care Farming and Probation / Helen Elsey, Jenni Murray and Rochelle Gold -- Green Care Interventions for Youth at Risk / Jo Roberts, Jo Barton and Carly Wood -- Green Exercise in the Workplace / Valerie Gladwell and Dan Brown -- Green Exercise and Dementia / Neil Mapes -- The Benefits of Greener and Healthier Economies / Jules Pretty and Jo Barton

The concept of Green Exercise has now been widely adopted and implies a synergistic health benefit of being active in the presence of nature. This book provides a balanced overview and synthesis text on all aspects of Green Exercise and integrates evidence from many different disciplines including physiology, ecology, psychology, sociology and the environmental sciences, and across a wide range of countries.

It describes the impact of Green Exercise on human health and well-being through all stages of the lifecourse and covers a wide spectrum from cellular processes such as immune function through to facilitating human behavioural change. It demonstrates the value of Green Exercise for activity and education purposes in both schools and the workplace, as well as its therapeutic properties. Green Exercise is an effective intervention for vulnerable groups and promoting healthy ageing, with activities including wilderness therapy, therapeutic horticulture and the use of forests and water. Chapters also integrate cross-cutting key themes which are relevant to all stages of the lifecourse and have significantly contributed to the Green Exercise research base, such as forest bathing and blue exercise.

The book also explores the future of Green Exercise, the way in which research can be used to influence green design and planning and how health, social care and environmental agendas can be integrated to enable Green Exercise to be more widely used as a mechanism for improving health. [Provided by the publisher]

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