Seeking everyday wellbeing: The coast as a therapeutic landscape

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 142, Issue , 2015, Pages 56-67

  Bell, Sarah L ^a   Phoenix, Cassandra ^a   Lovell, Rebecca ^a   Wheeler, Benedict W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blue space; Geo narratives; South west england; Therapeutic landscapes; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; GPS; HEALTH STATUS; LANDSCAPE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSE OF PLACE;

ACCELEROMETER; ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; SEASHORE; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING; ADULT; AGED; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; SATISFACTION; SEA; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; OCEANS AND SEAS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION;

EID: 84939516297     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.08.011     Document Type: Article

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