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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 (from 130101)

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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 (from 130101)
Keywords:biodiversity, lawn, dynamic vegetation, forest, grass, human health, human well being, green spaces, monoculture, phycological, physical, well-being, natural forests, natural/forest-like vegetation
URN:NBN:urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-17254
Permanent URL:
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-17254
Subject. Use of subject categories until 2023-04-30.:Landscape architecture
Language:English
Deposited On:29 Sep 2021 12:32
Metadata Last Modified:30 Sep 2021 01:00

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