Showing posts with label health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label health. Show all posts

1/31/2009

Benefits of natural based recreation

Natural based recreation provides two main needs in contemporary society, the natural and health benefits. Many studies in the field of therapeutic landscape, healing garden, public health support the concept of a benefit based approach in outdoor recreation.
Moreover, various studies from environmental psychology, landscape research, horticulture therapy, and public health, have been done with different kinds of measurement to address this issue and prove its value. Psychological and physiological tests involving preferences, relaxation, attention restoration, social interaction, satisfaction, brainwave, muscle tension, heart rate, blood pressure, etc. have shown that all people, from children to elders, from general people to patients, can benefit in various ways from contact with natural environment.
However, in the field of outdoor recreation studies, the research on the benefits from recreational settings, activities, and experiences is limited. The benefits of the natural based recreation could be tested more based on the theories from outdoor recreation. Therefore, this session would like to provide a communication opportunity for scholars from different cultures to learn what we know about the benefits of natural based outdoor recreation. Further, we would like to invite scholars to join and start a cooperation team for future research collaborations.

11/05/2008

珮怡專討摘要_The Development of Environmental Healthy Scale

結果還是用中文的...

相關研究指出,自然環境對於人們生理或心理方面的健康有助益。然而,究竟都市中綠地是如何影響居民健康?是綠地量影響生活品質進而影響居民健康?還是綠地量影響居民感知進而影響其健康?又或是綠地提供了居民的活動空間,進而影響居民健康?藉由這一連串的問題的提出,本研究欲發展一個簡短且可瞭解受測者對環境與健康之認知量表,以利後續相關研究使用。
本研究欲利用質性研究,進行二階段量表發展之研究。第一階段經由文獻分析,包含環境、健康以及二者相關之文獻,發展質性訪談之問題主軸及內容。第二階段則經由質性訪談數位參與和環境相關的社團成員,如野鳥協會、戶外遊憩學會、濕地保育聯盟等,用以歸納分析獲得未來研究可利用之環境健康認知量表。

關鍵字:都市綠地、健康、量表、質性訪談

10/22/2008

生態、景觀、健康、指標之發展分析??

研究室於10/24下午1:00之前要新提一個粗略的國科會自然處永續發展整合研究。
除了整合其他老師的東西,還要提一個子計畫,根據大家長的架構,本人將題目訂為:「生態、景觀、健康、指標之發展分析」,並粗擬一份構想如下:

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本子題主要欲利用鳥類及小型哺乳類之調查,探究環境生態健康指標,並藉由城鄉居民探討景觀與健康之關係,進一步瞭解城鄉景觀生態之健康效益,藉此提出城鄉景觀生態健康模型。本子題分三年進行研究,第一年期於選定之城鄉地區進行物種調查初測,用以探究二區域間物種數量、豐度及歧異度之差異,同時針對樣區進行景觀結構數化,另外以質化研究方式研擬居民健康相關研究量表。第二、三年期持續於選定之城鄉地區進行物種調查,確保調查的穩定度,並於樣區收集居民健康問卷。根據此三年進行之研究樣本收集,本子計畫將分析討論:城鄉生態結構健康程度、城鄉物種差異、城鄉居民健康程度,並提出一套城鄉環境生態健康的模型。

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好像還要再細一點,有沒有人有其他想法?或是要加其他研究呢?