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Landscape Restoration and Greening in Africa

Environmental Research Letters, 2022
Abstract As a reaction to ongoing environmental change, many small-scale land restoration projects have emerged that aim to prevent or reverse land degradation, combat climate change through carbon sequestration or improve the local climate. However, the contribution of these projects to the greening of Africa at larger scales is still unknown ...
Jessica Ruijsch, Adriaan J Teuling, Jan Verbesselt, Ronald W A Hutjes   +3 more
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Exploring perceived restoration, landscape perception, and place attachment in historical districts: insights from diverse visitors

Frontiers in Psychology, 2023
Improving the quality of the built environment to enhance people’s mental health is gaining traction across various fields, precipitating valuable actions on the wave of “Healthy China 2030” initiative.
Jiaying Li, Junjie Luo, Tangmin Deng, Jingwen Tian, Hongcheng Wang   +4 more
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While Experiencing a Forest Trail, Variation in Landscape Is Just as Important as Content: A Virtual Reality Experiment of Cross-Country Skiing in Estonia

Land, 2023
It has long been understood that diversity is a key aspect of what makes a landscape attractive but to what degree of diversity and how is it experienced?
Peeter Vassiljev, Simon Bell
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Urban landscape as a restorative environment: preferences and design considerations

Acta Agriculturae Slovenica, 2006
In this paper, the idea of considering public preferences in design of urban landscapes as restorative environments is explored. A visual landscape preference research was conducted among user groups in Slovenia.
Tanja SIMONIČ
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Research on the psychologically restorative effects of campus common spaces from the perspective of health

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
Contemporary college students are suffering from increasingly serious psychological health problems, such as attention fatigue, psychological stress and negative emotions.
Weihong Guo, Weihong Guo, Weihong Guo, Hongyan Wen, Xiao Liu, Xiao Liu, Xiao Liu   +6 more
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Research and practice of restorative landscape design under the direction of healthy city [PDF]

SHS Web of Conferences, 2023
Because of its capacity to assist with individual physical and mental health, the restorative landscape design falling under the direction of healthy city is drawing more and more attention from a variety of businesses.
Yating Liu, Linyan Fan, Jie Zhao
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Forest and Landscape Restoration [PDF]

, 2021
Forest and landscape restoration (FLR) provides a framework for implementing restorative interventions that collectively address major environmental challenges such as soil and land degradation, biodiversity loss, water scarcity, lack of sustainable rural livelihoods, and climate change mitigation and adaptation. Restorative interventions can take many
Guariguata, Manuel, Atmadja, Stibniati, Baral, Himlal, Boissière, Manuel, Brady, Michael, Chomba, Susan, Cronkleton, Peter, Djoudi, Houria, Duchelle, Amy E., Duguma, Lalisa, Elias, Marlène, Gitz, Vincent, Graudal, Lars, Harrison, Rhett, Ihalainen, Markus, Jamnadass, Ramni, Jalonen, Riina, Kassa, Habtemariam, Kettle, Chris, Lawry, Steven, Li, Yanxia, Locatelli, Bruno, Martius, Christopher, Meybeck, Alexandre, Minang, Peter, Murdiyarso, Daniel, Nawir, Ani, Robiglio, Valentina, Sist, Plinio, Somarriba, Eduardo, Van Noordwijk, Meine, Wardell, Andrew, Vagen, Tor-Gunnar, Winowiecki, Leigh   +33 more
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The effect of slight thinning of managed coniferous forest on landscape appreciation and psychological restoration

Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 2017
We investigated the influence of slight thinning (percentage of woods: 16.6%, basal area: 9.3%) on landscape appreciation and the psychological restorative effect of an on-site setting by exposing respondents to an ordinarily managed coniferous woodland.
Norimasa Takayama, Haruo Saito, Akio Fujiwara, Masahiro Horiuchi   +3 more
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Analysis of Landscape Character Assessment and Cultural Ecosystem Services Evaluation Frameworks for Peri-Urban Landscape Planning: A Case Study of Harku Municipality, Estonia

Land, 2023
This study combined landscape character assessment (LCA) and cultural ecosystem services (CES) frameworks to evaluate human well-being in the peri-urban area of Harku Municipality, Estonia.
Fiona Nevzati, Martti Veldi, Mart Külvik, Simon Bell   +3 more
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Health perception and restorative experience in the therapeutic landscape of urban wetland parks during the COVID-19 pandemic

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
IntroductionThe effects of restoration and inspiration in the therapeutic landscape of natural environments on visitors during the COVID-19 pandemic have been well-documented.
Jiang Li, Yating Chang, Xiaoxi Cai, Shaobo Liu, You Peng, Tao Feng, Jialing Qi, Yifeng Ji, Yiting Xia, Wenbo Lai   +9 more
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