The influence of urban green environments on stress relief measures: A field experiment

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-9

  Tyrväinen, Liisa ^a   Ojala, Ann ^a   Korpela, Kalevi ^b   Lanki, Timo ^c   Tsunetsugu, Yuko ^d   Kagawa, Takahide ^d  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Field experiment; Restoration; Stress; Urban green environments; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891648273     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2013.12.005     Document Type: Article

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