Raymond P Poincelot, Joel Flagler

People-Plant Relationships

Setting Research Priorities

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Produktbeschreibung

Presenting the latest research on cross-cultural people-plant relationships, this volume conveys the psychological, physiological, and social responses to plants and the significant role these responses play in improved physical and mental health. With chapters written by field experts, it identifies research priorities and methodologies and outlines the steps for developing a research agenda to aid horticulturalists in their work with social scientists to gain a better understanding of people-plant relationships. This resource covers a wide array of topics including home horticulture and Lyme disease, indoor plants and pollution reduction, and plants and therapy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 466
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Januar 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 157mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 866g
• ISBN-13: 9781560220503
• ISBN-10: 1560220503
• Artikelnr.: 22269045

Autorenporträt

Poincelot\, Raymond P; Flagler\, Joel

Inhaltsangabe

Plants and Human Culture. Plants and Human Culture. American Women and
Their Gardens: A Study in Health, Happiness,
and Power, 1600-1900. Are We Afraid of Plants? Exploring Patriarchal
Society's Devaluing of Plants, Women, and Nature. Consuming a Therapeutic
Landscape: A Multicontextual Framework for Assessing the Health Signifance
of Human-Plant Interactions. Adoption and Abandonment of Southeast Asian
Food Plants. Gathered Food and Culture Change: Traditions in Transition in
Northeastern Thailand. People, Plants, and Proto-Paysage: A Study of
Ornamental Plants in Residential Front Yards in Honolulu, Hawaii. The
Gardens of Hikone, Japan: Studying People-Plant Relationships in Another
Culture. From Open-Mindedness to Naturalism: Garden Design and Ideology in
Germany During the Early 20th Century. Plants and the Community.
Cultivating People-Plant Relationships in Community and Cultural Heritage
Gardens, San Jose, California (1977-1992). Gardening's Impact on People's
Behavior. Gardening Changes a Community. Down to Earth Benefits of
People-Plant Interactions in Our Community. Human and Plant Ecology: Living
Well with Less. Evaluating Horticultural Therapy: The Ecological Context of
Urban Jail Inmates. Plants and the Individual. Plants and the Individual: A
Recent History. People-Plant Principles from the Past. The Evolutionary
Importance of People-Plant Relationships. Indoor Plants and Pollution
Reduction. Growing Fear: Home Horticulture and the Threat of Lyme Disease.
Studying the Corporate Garden. Part II, Horticultural Therapy. Corrections
and the Green Industry. Use of Sensory Stimulation with Alzheimer Patients
in a Garden Setting, RTI, Hawthorne, New York. Measuring the Quality of
Treatment in Horticultural Therapy Groups. Surveying the Therapeutic
Landscape: A Quest for Cases of Outdoor Therapy Settings. Combining
Phototherapy with Horticulture Therapy. Research and Implementation.
Historical Perspectives on the People-Plant Council. Experimental
Approaches to the Study of People-Plant Relationships. Nurturing
People-Plant Relationships in Order to Foster Environmental and Community
Stewardship: The Rutgers Environmental and Community Stewardship
(R.E.A.C.S.) Program. A Socio-Economic Impact of New Crops Production on
Diverse Groups of People: A Case Study in Northwest Missouri. Encouraging
Nurturing Behavior of Two to Seven Year Olds by Introducing Plants and
Flowers. Risk Communication Methods for Newspaper Gardening Columns.
Creation of A LIVING LIBRARY(TM): A Planetary Network of Interactive LIFE
FRAMES(TM).