Physiological and psychological effects of viewing urban forest landscapes assessed by multiple measurements

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 113, Issue , 2013, Pages 90-93

  Tsunetsugu, Yuko ^a   Lee, Juyoung ^b   Park, Bum Jin ^c   Tyrväinen, Liisa ^d   Kagawa, Takahide ^a   Miyazaki, Yoshifumi ^e  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Korea Forest Service   (South Korea)

^c Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^d FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Environmental design; Physiological responses; Profile of Mood States (POMS); Restorative environments; Urban green space

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN; FORESTRY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURES; HEALTHY ENVIRONMENTS; MULTIPLE MEASUREMENTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PROFILE OF MOOD STATE; PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS; RESTORATIVE ENVIRONMENT; URBAN GREEN SPACES;

URBAN GROWTH;

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GREENSPACE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH MONITORING; LANDSCAPE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; URBAN FORESTRY;

CITIES; ENVIRONMENTS; FORESTRY; JAPAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; PLANNING; RESTORATION;

JAPAN;

EID: 84875618657     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2013.01.014     Document Type: Article

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