Fänge, Elin, 2021. When lawns become forests : how natural/forest-like vegetation can better human health and well-being in urban areas. First cycle, G2E. Alnarp: SLU, Dept. Of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management
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Abstract
For a long time, lawns have dominated urban areas but are they good for human health and well-being? This
study investigates how natural/forest-like vegetation affects human health and well-being and discusses why
static lawns still dominate areas today even though there is much research on the positive benefits of
natural/forest-like vegetation. The study has three main methods; 1 - A literature study that looks into what
Swedish state-owned organizations, global organization, and research studies write on the subject of human
health and well-being connected to human visits in natural/forest-like vegetation. 2 - A observational study
conducted in a town of Viken, Scania, Sweden looking what inhabitants do in a forest compared to a lawn.
Also, a bird recording was done to count how many birds sing in the areas of the forest and lawn. 3 - An
ArcGIS, Service Area analysis was done to calculate how many inhabitants today have access to the forest and
lawn areas in the district of Svanebäck, Viken. The results present a compelling argument for why decisionmakers
need to start looking into changing existing lawn areas to natural/forest-like vegetation. This study also
presents the consequences of not having daily access to natural/forest-like vegetation.
| Main title: | When lawns become forests |
|---|---|
| Subtitle: | how natural/forest-like vegetation can better human health and well-being in urban areas |
| Authors: | Fänge, Elin |
| Supervisor: | Larsson, Anders |
| Examiner: | Mellqvist, Helena |
| Series: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Volume/Sequential designation: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Level and depth descriptor: | First cycle, G2E |
| Student's programme affiliation: | LY002 Landscape Architecture Programme, Alnarp 300 HEC |
| Supervising department: | (LTJ, LTV) > Dept. Of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management |
| Keywords: | biodiversity, monoculture, phycological, physical, well-being, natural forests, lawn, forest, grass, dynamic vegetation, human health, human wellbeing, green spaces |
| URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-17143 |
| Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-17143 |
| Subject. Use of subject categories until 2023-04-30.: | Land economics and policies Nature conservation and land resources Landscape architecture |
| Language: | English |
| Deposited On: | 07 Sep 2021 08:03 |
| Metadata Last Modified: | 08 Sep 2021 01:04 |
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