| Sustainable Urban Site
Design: Human Well-Being |
| Awaji Landscape Planning & Horticulture Academy | |
| Dr. Kathleen Wolf | |
| University of Washington |
| Slide 2 |
Natural Systems & Urbanization Impacts? |
Nearby Nature is necessary Òhuman habitatÓ |
Nearby Nature is necessary Òhuman habitatÓ |
| Concepts & Principles |
| garden & greenery benefits for people |
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| recognized but not supported | |
| science evidence | |
| benefits framework | |
| city-wide systems needed |
| Framework of Studies |
| large nearby nature |
| small nearby nature |
| Passive Experience |
| Active Experience of Nature |
| Scientific Studies |
| Experiments | |
| Surveys | |
| Interviews | |
| Observations |
| Reports of Studies |
| physical benefits | |
| psychological benefits | |
| social benefits | |
| = human well-being | |
| Slide 14 |
| Desk Jobs = directed attention |
| Workplace Nature Views |
| Well-being | ||
| desk workers without view of nature reported 23% more ailments in prior 6 months | ||
| Job Satisfaction | ||
| less frustrated and more patient | ||
| higher overall job satisfaction and enthusiasm | ||
| Plants in Workplace |
| Productivity | ||
| 12% quicker reaction on computer tasks | ||
| reports of being more attentive | ||
| Less Stress | ||
| lower systolic blood pressure | ||
| view of nature for all
workers business $$ benefits |
| Green Roof - Chicago City Hall |
| Wellness & Healing |
| Surgery Recovery | ||
| shorter post-operative stays | ||
| less use of potent pain drugs, better attitude | ||
| Lifestyle Recovery | ||
| attentional fatigue restored | ||
| relationships and career coping | ||
| Healing Gardens - institutional design - |
| U of WA Hospitals Surgery Pavilion |
| Roadside Landscape &
Traffic Stress Response |
| Roadside Features - Driving Simulations | ||
| Forest, golf course, strip mall | ||
| Physiological Response | ||
| E.g. heart beat, blood pressure | ||
| Results | ||
| Nature scenes - return to baseline faster, less response to new stressors | ||
| Immunization effect | ||
| Americans travel 2.3 billion miles per day on urban freeways & highways |
| Discussion: your study in this framework? |
| "http://www.treeclimbing.jp/" |
| http://www.treeclimbing.jp/ |
| "physically disabled & tree climbing" |
| physically disabled & tree climbing! |
| Slide 28 |
| Slide 29 |
| Social Benefits |
| studies at the University of Illinois, | |
| Landscape and Human Health
Laboratory Dr. Frances Kuo Research Director |
| Chicago Public Housing with & without green spaces Wm. Sullivan & F. Kuo University of Illinois |
| Landscape & Human
Health Laboratory www.lhhl.uiuc.edu |
| walkable city places |
| Physical Inactivity & Obesity |
| Obesity Trends* Among U.S.
Adults BRFSS, 1985 |
| Obesity Trends* Among U.S.
Adults BRFSS, 2004 |
| Slide 37 |
| make room for pedestrians |
| Nature, Walkable
Neighborhoods & Human Health |
| Elderly People and Walking | ||
| less illness | ||
| lower mortality rate | ||
| Neighborhood Features (Tokyo) | ||
| parks | ||
| tree lined streets | ||
| Home Zones (Dutch
ÒwoonerfÓ) streets and nature in everyday life trial designs in England |
| Home Zones traffic calming green streets festival planning play spaces multi-modal transport |
| Reports of Studies |
| physical benefits | |
| psychological benefits | |
| social benefits | |
| COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT |
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| "Research Question:" |
| Research Question: | |
| What is the response of
consumers/shoppers to trees in CBD streetscapes? |
| Image Categories (sorted by ratings) |
| Slide 45 |
| Slide 46 |
| most measures higher with trees |
| 3. Product Pricing |
| Slide 48 |
| Namba Parks, Osaka view from nearby hotel |
| small plazas, retail entry |
| passive nature experiences |
| interior retail space ground level |
| Namba Parks: retail success
& nature experience benefits |
| Conclusions |
| garden & greenery benefits for people |
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| 30+ years of science evidence | |
| benefits for all people, in all city places | |
| city-wide systems needed |