Stress recovery and restorative effects of viewing different urban park scenes in Shanghai, China

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 15, Issue , 2016, Pages 112-122

  Wang, Xinxin ^a   Rodiek, Susan ^b   Wu, Chengzhao ^a   Chen, Yi ^a   Li, Yuxian ^c  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TONGJI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Green space; Hardscape; Health benefits; Nature based landscape components; Physiological measures; Psychological restoration

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GREENSPACE; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; URBAN DESIGN; URBANIZATION; VIDEOGRAPHY;

CHINA;

EID: 84957065386     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2015.12.003     Document Type: Article

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