Health and Recreation in Forest and Landscape
Author: Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft (Birmensdorf).
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Published: 2009
Total Pages: 121
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Author: Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft (Birmensdorf).
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Published: 2009
Total Pages: 121
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Forest Service
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Published: 1934
Total Pages: 128
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Xavier Font
Publisher: CABI
Published: 2000-01-01
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9781845933036
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnnotation. The demand for ecotourism and outdoor recreation is increasing, and the pressures on land use are becoming more obvious. A large part of the experience of ecotourism and recreational landscape depends on the maintenance of forested land. Effective management of tourism and recreation in forests can provide extra income to help offset the costs of sustainable timber production and encourage biodiversity conservation.This multi-author book considers the compatibility between tourism, forestry and conservation, the management of natural resources and the involvement of stakeholders and the community. Issues are presented through case studies from a range of countries and topics covered include National Parks, peri-urban forestry and wilderness management, as well as practitioner-oriented contributions.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources. Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health
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Published: 2004
Total Pages: 56
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Samuel Trask Dana
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Published: 1968
Total Pages: 64
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Steven I. Apfelbaum
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2012-02-13
Total Pages: 261
ISBN-13: 1597268135
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRestoring Ecological Health to Your Land is the first practical guidebook to give restorationists and would-be restorationists with little or no scientific training or background the “how to” information and knowledge they need to plan and implement ecological restoration activities. The book sets forth a step-by-step process for developing, implementing, monitoring, and refining on-the-ground restoration projects that is applicable to a wide range of landscapes and ecosystems. The first part of the book introduces the process of ecological restoration in simple, easily understood language through specific examples drawn from the authors’ experience restoring their own lands in southern and central Wisconsin. It offers systematic, step-by-step strategies along with inspiration and benchmark experiences. The book’s second half shows how that same “thinking” and “doing” can be applied to North America’s major ecosystems and landscapes in any condition or scale. No other ecological restoration book leads by example and first-hand experience likethis one. The authors encourage readers to champion restoration of ecosystems close to where they live . . . at home, on farms and ranches, in parks and preserves. It provides an essential bridge for people from all walks of life and all levels of experience—from land trust member property stewards to agency personnel responsible for restoring lands in their care—and represents a unique and important contribution to the literature on restoration.
Author: Alan Ewert
Publisher: CABI
Published: 2021-06-29
Total Pages: 133
ISBN-13: 1789245400
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNatural landscapes are intricately tied to human health and well-being. While contemporary lifestyles have caused people to feel disconnected from the natural environment, this relationship is now recognized as vitally important, with landscapes increasingly valued for their stress-reduction, aesthetic, and restorative benefits. Providing an overview of the history, theoretical concepts, and individual and societal implications of human connection to natural landscapes, this book considers natural landscapes' role as an antidote to our modern, predominantly urban society.
Author: Kjell Nilsson
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2010-10-10
Total Pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9048198062
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe link between modern lifestyles and increasing levels of chronic heart disease, obesity, stress and poor mental health is a concern across the world. The cost of dealing with these conditions places a large burden on national public health budgets so that policymakers are increasingly looking at prevention as a cost-effective alternative to medical treatment. Attention is turning towards interactions between the environment and lifestyles. Exploring the relationships between health, natural environments in general, and forests in particular, this groundbreaking book is the outcome of the European Union’s COST Action E39 ‘Forests, Trees and Human Health and Wellbeing’, and draws together work carried out over four years by scientists from 25 countries working in the fields of forestry, health, environment and social sciences. While the focus is primarily on health priorities defined within Europe, this volume explicitly draws also on research from North America.
Author: United States. Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
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Published: 1969
Total Pages: 246
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Cecil C. Konijnendijk
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2008-05-20
Total Pages: 247
ISBN-13: 1402083718
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAmsterdamse Bos, Bois de Boulogne, Epping Forest, Grunewald, Zoniënwoud; throughout history, cities in Europe and elsewhere have developed close relationships with nearby woodland areas. In some cases, cities have even developed – and in some cases are promoting – a distinct ‘forest identity’. This book introduces the rich heritage of these city forests as cultural landscapes, and shows that cities and forests can be mutually beneficial. Essential reading for students and researchers interested in urban sustainability and urban forestry, this book also has much wider appeal. For with city forests playing an increasingly important role in local government sustainability programs, it provides an important reference for those involved in urban planning and decision making, public affairs and administration, and even public health. From providers of livelihoods to healthy recreational environments, and from places of inspiration and learning to a source of conflict, the book presents examples of city forests from around the world. These cases clearly illustrate how the social and cultural development of towns and forests has often gone hand in hand. They also reveal how better understanding of city forests as distinct cultural and social phenomena can help to strengthen synergies both between cities and forests, and between urban society and nature.