Healing Spaces Designing Physical Environments to Optimize Health, Wellbeing and Performance

• Other Authors: Sternberg, Esther M. (Editor), Engineer, Altaf (Editor), Ida, Aletheia (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: Research & information: general; lifestyle; mood states; perceived restorativeness scale; positive and negative affect schedule; quality of life; resilience; restorative outcome scale; Shinrin-yoku; stress coping; subjective vitality scale; open spaces 2; CKD 3; renal function; exercise; obesity; urban environment; walkability; active transportation; college students; supportive soundscape; sonic environment; nursing homes; ageing; dementia; green spaces; cardiovascular risk factors; gender; hypercholesterolemia; hypertension; diabetes; bamboo forest therapy; psychological responses; physiological responses; immune system; violent crime; urban parks; greenspace; green space; scoping review; systematic review; literature review; urban; landscape; brain; visual; green; contemplative; mental health; well-being; FAA; EEG; UGS; depression; human health; built environment; urban open space; forest healing; wellbeing; psychology; physiology
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The field of design and health, formerly known as the domain of healthcare design professionals, has now reached a turning point with the proliferation of a plethora of non-invasive wearable technologies, to provide the objective and near-real-time measurement of the impact of many features of the b...