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Biophilia in Italian preschool children: preliminary findings [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyThis 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 as Evolutionary Adaptation: An Onto- and Phylogenetic Framework for Biophilic Design
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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Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 The biophilia hypothesis posits an innate biological and genetic connection between human and nature, including an emotional dimension to this connection.
Jason S. Gaekwad +3 more
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Biophilia Upscaling: A Systematic Literature Review Based on a Three-Metric Approach
Sustainability, 2023 In response to socio-ecological challenges, cities around the world are implementing greenification and urban forestry. While these strategies contribute to reducing the ecological footprint, they often overlook various social implications. This explains
Deborah C. Lefosse +2 more
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Responsible biophilia for zoonosis prevention through a cultural lens
Frontiers in Conservation ScienceHuman affinity for nature (“biophilia”) brings substantial health and ecological benefits and fosters environmental stewardship. However, close human-nature interactions can lead to conservation challenges and increase the risk of zoonoses.
Hongying Li
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Biophilia revisited: nature versus nurture
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2023 The 'Biophilia' hypothesis highlighting humans' innate, positive response to nature is both increasingly accepted and questioned. Studies support an updated Biophilia. The interplay between inheritance and environment, including culture, governs an individual's response, from positive to negative.
Bengt Gunnarsson, Marcus Hedblom
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Art can provide a means for promoting biophilia as an aspect of zoonoses risk communication
Frontiers in Conservation ScienceThe COVID-19 pandemic served as a call to action for scientists to find new and creative ways to prevent future pandemics. Because value-based emotions underly human behavior, scientific facts alone have proven to be a poor motivator to change the ...
Peyton Beaumont
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Biophilia and Adolescents’ Sense of Place in Australian Vertical Schools
ArchitectureThis 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 +2 more
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