Healing landscapes have long been an important aspect of human life.
When people
first began erecting dwellings, healing places could be found within nature through
sacred groves, special rocks and caves.
In the Western world, monastic communties
supported...
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Healing landscapes have long been an important aspect of human life.
When people
first began erecting dwellings, healing places could be found within nature through
sacred groves, special rocks and caves.
In the Western world, monastic communties
supported infirmaries that were based in the use of herbs and prayer and almost always
included a cloistered garden.
Modern advances in technology towards healing has
largely diminished the importance of nature in the healing process and this has been
one unfortunate result of the “cure over care” phenomena found within many aspects of
the healthcare field.
More recently, there has been a growing interest in the healing effects of nature.
The Kaplans and Roger Ulrich have provided much of the literature on how a landscape can be restorative.
Providing a sense of fascination as well as a greater extent,
separating users from distraction (Kaplans, 1998), reducing negative emotions, holding a person’s attention, and blocking stressful thoughts
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