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Review Of Benefits Of Nature Experience For Young Children, Donger Liu, Guy Trainin
Review Of Benefits Of Nature Experience For Young Children, Donger Liu, Guy Trainin
Research and Evaluation in Education, Technology, Art, and Design
Progressing urbanization is having an impact on people’s lifestyles. Increasing indoor time results in the deprivation of human’s proximity to nature. Richard Louv (2008) coined the term “nature deficit disorder”, conceptualized the increasing phenomenon of children suffering from anxiety, ADHD, and obesity due to spending less time in nature and more time indoor. There is a growing body of literature focusing on the benefits of nature experience, nature exposure on young children’s physiological and psychological well-beings, such as physical health, attention, executive function, and behavioral regulation etc. This review focuses on the research articles that investigated the influence of nature …
Growth: Expanding The Nature Of Cities, Collin R. Meusch
Growth: Expanding The Nature Of Cities, Collin R. Meusch
Masters in Architecture Program: Theses
This thesis aims to define and explore why it is absolutely necessary for cities to accommodate higher densities of people and incorporate the natural environment within the built environment. As urban populations continue to grow at rapid rates, the threat of losing our ties to the natural environment looms on the horizon, but presents architects with an opportunity to help combat this problem. This thesis aims to critically examine strategies for rethinking the architecture of cities, strategies that include both accommodating higher numbers of people and presenting people with the opportunity for frequent exposure to nature within the context of …