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With People in Mind: Design and Management for Everyday Nature
With People in Mind Design and Management for Everyday Nature Author:Rachel Kaplan, Stephen Kaplan, Robert Ryan, Robert L. Ryan Some parks, preserves, and other natural areas serve people well; others are disappointing. Successful design and management requires knowledge of both people and environments.With People in Mind explores how to design and manage areas of "everyday nature"-parks and open spaces, corporate grounds, vacant lots and backyard gardens, fields and for... more »ests-in ways that are beneficial to and appreciated by humans. Rachel Kaplan and Stephen Kaplan, leading researchers in the field of environmental psychology, along with Robert Ryan, a landscape architect and urban planner, provide a conceptual framework for considering the human dimensions of natural areas and offer a fresh perspective on the subject. The authors examine.
physical aspects of natural settings that enhance preference and reduce fear
ways to facilitate way-finding
how to create restorative settings that allow people to recover from the stress of daily demands
landscape elements that are particularly important to human needs