PSYCHOLOGICAL ECOSYSTEM SERVICES:
GREEN SPACE, EMOTION,
and HUMAN EXPERIENCE
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GREEN SPACES SHAPE OUR EMOTIONS and WELL-BEING. THEY CRUCIAL IN SUPPORTING BOTH ECOLOGICAL AND HUMAN HEALTH IN URBANIZING LANDSCAPES.
A wealth of literature across multiple disciplines analyses and discusses the influences of the landscape and its greenspaces and their associated benefits to humans such as air quality, water infiltration and carbon offset, among others. Research encompassing social benefits such as quality of life, wellbeing, and human welfare, particularly beyond public health spheres, is limited, especially as related to spatial planning and design decisions.
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However there is a lack of clarity as to the exact wellbeing benefits that green spaces provide. And what are the ways the quantity, quality and distribution of green spaces impacts human health and wellbeing? Answering these questions is critical in the face of continued urbanisation and human development.
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Contact with the natural environment such as green space is a fundamental component of human wellbeing
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I am currently developing a unique, transactional-based framework to analyse the individual-environment relationship which assesses the interrelated factors influencing human behaviour. Utilising cutting-edge technologies such as PPGIS, Maptionnaire, VR/AR, biosensing and others to assess the objective measures of human interaction benefits with greenspace.