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Planting for healthy air: Urban biodiversity enhances natural chemical environments

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Cities urgently need nature to improve public health, support biodiversity, and increase resilience to climate change. Yet not all green spaces offer the same benefits. In this study, we show that more diverse urban plantings create richer “chemical environments”; subtle, naturally scented atmospheres formed by plant emissions that can influence how ...
Aurora Ruggeri, Fethi Ben Fraj, Gaetan Glauser, Gregory Röder, Ola Söderström, Sergio Rasmann   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The influences of biophilic design on mental health in coworking space

ARTEKS : Jurnal Teknik Arsitektur
In the contemporary urban landscape, the design of co-working space holds significant implication for mental health well-being. Biophilia has contributed to creating built environment within the sense of nature which it can affect the human mental health
Zulfaqar Zamri, Hakimi Ahmad
doaj   +1 more source

Biophilic design features in vernacular architecture and settlements of the Naxi

Journal of Architecture and Urbanism, 2020
As a newly formed concept, “Biophilic design” is attracting a growing attention among both practitioners and academics. However, the link between biophilic design and vernacular architecture has yet to be thoroughly explored, especially in the context of
Mengbi Li, Hing-Wah Chau, Lu Aye
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‘Longing So Much!’ Children's Meanings of Nature Contact During COVID‐19 Restrictions in Brazil

Children &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how children in Brazil described and interpreted their contact with nature during COVID‐19 social restriction. Data were collected through an online questionnaire and follow‐up telephone interviews with elementary school children and analysed using the Discourse of the Collective Subject method.
Enéias M. Cerqueira‐da‐Silva, Iani D. Lauer‐Leite, Jaílson S. Novais   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risks of concealing environmental degradation

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Current practice seeks to conceal the visual impact of land‐use change (i.e., development). Six percent of development impact assessments in Australia and 14% of the World Bank's assessments recommend visual impact mitigation. This mitigation results in, for example, vegetated buffer strips alongside cleared agricultural areas and earthen ...
Matt W. Hayward, Kaya Klop‐Toker, Salim Momtaz, Eliza Payne, Louisa Rebec, Robert J. Scanlon, Craig M. Shuttleworth, Nick Valentine, Andrea S. Griffin   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Animal Teachers: Nonhuman Pedagogy and the Question of Deceit

Educational Theory, EarlyView.
Abstract Animals as “teachers” of human children and adults is a recurring theme in children's literature, in anthropological accounts of “feral children,” as well as in contemporary practices of animal‐assisted pedagogy, philosophical research, wildlife documentaries, and popular culture.
Helena Pedersen
wiley   +1 more source

Negative symbolism of wildlife shapes human–nature coexistence: The plight of owls in Nigeria

People and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 8, Page 2734-2747, August 2026.
Abstract Human–wildlife coexistence in culturally diverse landscapes requires understanding how socio‐cultural processes shape perceptions and behaviours towards conservation‐priority species. This study examines perceptions, belief‐based uses and conservation attitudes towards owls in communities surrounding six Protected Areas in Nigeria, addressing ...
Iniunam Aniefiok Iniunam, Joan Fadzai Banda, Talatu Tende, Danjuma Filibus Dami, Ulf Ottosson, Adams Adamanyiwa Chaskda   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Without a Word: Bonding with Northern Nature in Lene Ask’s Du

Barnelitterært Forskningstidsskrift, 2019
Lene Ask’s wordless picturebook Du (2016) renders the story of a day in the life of a little girl who has recently moved with her mother and baby sibling into a wooden house in the middle of a birch forest.
Sofija Christensen
doaj   +1 more source

Nature, nature connection, and well‐being: A review of conceptual issues and opportunities

People and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 8, Page 2619-2633, August 2026.
Abstract Nature connection plays an important role in the relationship between nature contact and well‐being, but explanations of how this occurs are sometimes ambiguous while evidence is conflicting. Philosophical tensions in the way we study nature connection make it difficult to clarify these matters: while the idea of nature connection is grounded ...
Kathryn Williams, Rose Macaulay, Katherine Johnson, Cullan Joyce, Dianne Vella‐Brodrick   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The effectiveness of nature‐based interventions on mental health: A systematic review

Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, Volume 18, Issue 4, August 2026.
Abstract As mental health challenges continue to rise globally alongside increasing urbanization and treatment barriers, nature‐based interventions (NBIs) may provide an accessible, affordable, and low‐risk alternative to conventional mental health treatments.
Darlene Heinen‐Stach, Erika Herbold, Carla L. Hendricks, Niklas Zuch, Michael A. Rapp, Michèle D. Birtel, Mira Tschorn   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source