Green Exercise (eBook, PDF)

Linking Nature, Health and Well-being
Redaktion: Barton, Jo; Pretty, Jules; Wood, Carly; Bragg, Rachel

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The concept of Green Exercise (GE) has now been widely adopted and implies a synergistic health benefit of being active in the presence of nature. This book aims to provide a balanced overview and synthesis text on all aspects of GE and integrate evidence from many different disciplines including physiology, psychology, sociology and the environmental sciences.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317613671
• Artikelnr.: 45450221

Autorenporträt

Jo Barton is Lecturer in Sports and Exercise Science at the University of Essex, UK. Rachel Bragg is at Care Farming UK, and Visiting Fellow, University of Essex, UK. Carly Wood is Lecturer in Nutrition and Exercise Science at the University of Westminster, London, UK. Jules Pretty, OBE is Professor of Environment and Society and Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Essex, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Seven Heresies of Asclepius: Behaviours that Affect Well-being
Jules Pretty and David Pencheon 2. Nature in Buildings and Health Design
Stephen Kellert 3. Green Exercise, Health and a Dose of Nature Jo Barton,
Carly Wood, Jules Pretty and Mike Rogerson 4. How to get more out of the
Green Exercise Experience: Insights from Attention Restoration Theory
Jason Duvall and William C. Sullivan 5. Children's Connections to Nature
and Green Exercise Carly Wood, Rachel Bragg and Jules Pretty 6. Learning on
the Move: Green Exercise for Children and Young People Liz O'Brien, Bianca
Ambrose-Oji, Sue Waite, Jennie Aronsson and Maria Clark 7. The Benefits of
Blue Exercise Mathew White, Sarah Bell, Lewis Elliott, Rebecca Jenkin,
Benedict Wheeler and Michael Depledge 8. Forest Bathing in Japan Qing Li
9. Healthy Parks, Healthy People: Evidence from Australia Mardie Townsend
and Claire Henderson-Wilson 10. Green Care: Nature-based Interventions for
Vulnerable People Joe Sempik and Rachel Bragg 11. Care Farming and
Probation Helen Elsey, Jenni Murray and Rochelle Gold 12. Green Care
Interventions for Youth at Risk Jo Roberts, Jo Barton and Carly Wood 13.
Green Exercise in the Workplace Valerie Gladwell and Dan Brown 14. Green
Exercise and Dementia Neil Mapes 15. The Benefits of Greener and Healthier
Economies Jules Pretty and Jo Barton