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This integrative research study builds on the emerging theme of valuing parks for providing health benefits through experiences in nature, and explores how transdisciplinary inquiry can inform the role parks play connecting people to nature in the face of current global environmental challenges. The...
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ftdatacite:10.11575/prism/31887 2023-11-05T03:43:28+01:00 Recreating Parks as Places for Restoration, Reconnection, and Reconciliation ... Carruthers Den Hoed, Donald Gordon 2018 https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/prism/31887 https://prism.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/106601 en eng Environmental Design University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. parks protected areas transdisciplinary Indigenous Health connection to nature Anthropocene interdisciplinary Native American Studies Recreation Social Work FOS Sociology Ecology FOS Biological sciences Chemistry article doctoral thesis CreativeWork Other 2018 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.11575/prism/31887 2023-10-09T10:52:30Z This integrative research study builds on the emerging theme of valuing parks for providing health benefits through experiences in nature, and explores how transdisciplinary inquiry can inform the role parks play connecting people to nature in the face of current global environmental challenges. The iterative research process drew upon several academic disciplines including environmental studies, health, social work, and education, and co-created knowledge with park managers and through conversations with Indigenous (Stoney Nakoda) elders. The study centered on a quasi-experimental field experience where 34 members of the public spent one hour in urban and remote natural sites—the latter presented as either sacred, undesignated nature, or as a park. Participants completed surveys on place preference and perceived health effects, attention restorativeness, and completed the Connection to Nature Scale instrument. Salivary cortisol samples were collected to assess physiological impacts of nature experiences. ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Nakoda DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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This integrative research study builds on the emerging theme of valuing parks for providing health benefits through experiences in nature, and explores how transdisciplinary inquiry can inform the role parks play connecting people to nature in the face of current global environmental challenges. The iterative research process drew upon several academic disciplines including environmental studies, health, social work, and education, and co-created knowledge with park managers and through conversations with Indigenous (Stoney Nakoda) elders. The study centered on a quasi-experimental field experience where 34 members of the public spent one hour in urban and remote natural sites—the latter presented as either sacred, undesignated nature, or as a park. Participants completed surveys on place preference and perceived health effects, attention restorativeness, and completed the Connection to Nature Scale instrument. Salivary cortisol samples were collected to assess physiological impacts of nature experiences. ... |
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