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Biophilia as Evolutionary Adaptation: An Onto- and Phylogenetic Framework for Biophilic Design [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
Biophilia is a human personality trait described initially by Erich Fromm and later by E.O. Wilson, both of whom agree that biophilia has a biological basis and that it is fundamental to develop harmonious relationships between humans and the biosphere ...
Giuseppe Barbiero, Rita Berto
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Biophilia in Italian preschool children: preliminary findings [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology
This study investigated the relationship between biophilia, pro-environmental behaviors, and connectedness to nature in Italian preschool children. A total of 196 children (ages 24–65 months) and their parents participated.
Sabine Pirchio, Sara Costa, Rosa Ferri
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Biophilia, Biodiversity, and the Bible [PDF]

Religions, 2021
For all its anthropocentric focus on human agency in history and creation, the Hebrew Bible’s valuing of nonhuman life and its diversity cannot be gainsaid among certain traditions.
William P. Brown
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Resurrecting Gaia: harnessing the Free Energy Principle to preserve life as we know it [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology, 2023
This paper applies the Free Energy Principle (FEP) to propose that the lack of action in response to the global ecological crisis should be considered a maladaptive symptom of human activity that we refer to as biophilia deficiency syndrome. The paper is
Caspar Montgomery, Inês Hipólito, Inês Hipólito   +2 more
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Biophilia and Adolescents’ Sense of Place in Australian Vertical Schools

Architecture
This article describes the place relationships adolescents have with natural elements in recently developed ‘vertical schools’ in Australia: a relatively new school typology in the country, generally considered to be over four storeys high.
Tim Baber, Benjamin Cleveland
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Biophilia in interior design and its impact on achieving sustainability [PDF]

Journal of Architecture, Art & Humanistic Science, 2022
: Nature was and still is the first human teacher that influences and drives an interior designer's imagination to use nature's models and systems in the interior design process.Recently, the interior designer turned to design that is compatible with ...
Shaimaa Eissa, Ismail Awaad, yosra El harairy   +2 more
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Dryland Watershed Restoration With Rock Detention Structures: A Nature-based Solution to Mitigate Drought, Erosion, Flooding, and Atmospheric Carbon

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2021
Historic land degradation is an ongoing threat to the Sky Islands of southern Arizona, US, and northern Sonora, Mexico, an area designated as a globally significant biodiversity hotspot.
Jennifer Gooden, Jennifer Gooden, Jennifer Gooden, Richard Pritzlaff, Richard Pritzlaff   +4 more
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Biophilia Hypothesis

, 2021
Sven Wolf Ostner
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End-Point Predictors of Water Quality in Tropical Rivers

Pollutants, 2023
End-point evaluation of stream health is essential for the quantification of water quality. To this end, many Multi-Metric Indices (MMIs) have been developed to quantify water quality.
Thomas Shahady, José Joaquín Montero-Ramírez   +1 more
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Confirmative biophilic framework for heritage management.

PLoS ONE, 2022
Heritage managers often reuse heritage sites to attract tourists and conserve the sites. Not all adaptive heritage reuses achieve sustainable development. Biophilia is an innate, biological tendency to be close to natural and cultural elements, which may
Hung-Ming Tu
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