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Therapeutic Landscapes

An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Landscape and Health

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  • © 2021

Overview

  • Presentation with interdisciplinary diversity
  • Contacts with nature can increase well-being and strengthen health

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About this book

Joachim Rathmann presents the interdisciplinary relationships between landscapes and health. Nature is to be regarded as an elementary health resource, because movement in near-natural surroundings has demonstrably positive influences on human health and is summarized in many ways in the concept of "therapeutic landscapes". Natural areas offer an important resource for strengthening health, especially to an aging society, which can also be measured economically. The author presents natural science, social science, and humanities research in a clear, understandable, and concise manner for a broad readership. At the same time he gives suggestions for a conscious handling of the sensitive resource landscape and for a regular observation of nature.

 This springer essential is a translation of the original German 1st edition essentials,Therapeutic landscapes by Joachim Rathmann, published by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of SpringerNature in 2020.The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors.






Authors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Geographie, Universität Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany

    Joachim Rathmann

About the author

Dr. Joachim Rathmann did his doctorate on climate changes in southern hemisphere Africa and teaches and researches as a habilitation student on ecosystem services at the University of Augsburg.

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