Go greener, feel better? The positive effects of biodiversity on the well-being of individuals visiting urban and peri-urban green areas

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 134, Issue , 2015, Pages 221-228

  Carrus, Giuseppe ^a   Scopelliti, Massimiliano ^b   Lafortezza, Raffaele ^c   Colangelo, Giuseppe ^c   Ferrini, Francesco ^d   Salbitano, Fabio ^d   Agrimi, Mariagrazia ^e   Portoghesi, Luigi ^e   Semenzato, Paolo ^f   Sanesi, Giovanni ^c  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b LUMSA UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e ISMEO The International Association for Mediterranean and Oriental Studies   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Perceived restorativeness; Psychological benefits; Urban green areas; Well being

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; FORESTRY;

GREEN ENVIRONMENTS; MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS; NATURAL PROTECTED AREAS; PERCEIVED RESTORATIVENESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL BENEFITS; URBAN GREEN AREA; URBAN GREEN SPACES; WELL BEING;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; GREENSPACE; PERCEPTION; PERIURBAN AREA; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; URBAN FORESTRY; URBAN POPULATION;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTS; EVALUATION;

BARI [PUGLIA]; FIRENZE [TUSCANY]; FLORENCE [FIRENZE]; ITALY; LAZIO; PADOVA; PADUA; PUGLIA; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME; TUSCANY; VENETO;

EID: 84911866454     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.10.022     Document Type: Article

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