Restorative urban environments for healthy cities
A theoretical model for the study of restorative experiences in urban built settings
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11167701 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anna Bornioli (0000-0001-9452-2907, Centre for Urban, Port, and Transport Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, corresponding author), Mikel Subiza-Pérez (0000-0002-6843-8557, University of the Basque Country) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 152-163 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Landscape Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0142-6397 • E-ISSN: 1469-9710 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01426397.2022.2124962 |
| OpenAlex | W4296701246 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 65 |
Urban landscapes are becoming the main ecosystem for human life. Given that urban living can be associated with poor psychological health, one specific challenge faced by cities is related to psychological well-being. The current essay discusses how restorative environments research can offer significant insights into the strategy of healthy cities by guiding the exploration of their restorative outcomes. We propose a theoretical model elucidating the physical and symbolic features of urban settings that can aid processes of active and passive restoration—based on theory and evidence from restorative environments research. Future research should consider urban psychological restoration in a broader sense and lend greater relevance to the exploration of the restorative potential of the full range of urban built settings.HIGHLIGHTSThere is a need to explore the characteristics of urban built settings that support psychological health.We propose a three-level model of restoration that discusses supportive features and potential benefits.Active restoration—activated by top-down features—enhances positive affect and well-being in non-stressed individuals.Future research should broaden theoretical definitions and explore the full range of restorative built settings
Affect (linguistics) · Architectural engineering · Built environment · Civil engineering · Environmental planning · Environmental Psychology · Geography · Political science · Relevance (law) · Urban design · Urban Environment · Urban planning · Urban regeneration · Communication · Engineering · Noise Effects and Management · Place Attachment and Urban Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology · Urban Green Space and Health
The Effects of Interior Materials on the Restorativeness of Home Environments
Biophilic Design and Restorative Effects
Exposure to Green and Historic Urban Environments and Mental Well-Being
Neighborhood Design for Multidimensional Health
Older Adults’ Preferences for Spatial Characteristics of Neighborhood Open Spaces Promoting Restorative Experiences
The association between reported artificial light and reported physical activity at night
Virtual or physical
Does restorativeness support liveliness on commercial streets
Perceived landscape aesthetics, spiritual well-being, and mental health
Ripples of blue
Changing the “Meaning of Place” Within a Hospital
Multi-criteria approach for the energy and environmental impact evaluation in urban districts in the central Mediterranean area
Psychological Restoration and Nature Connectedness in terms of "Bottom-up" and "Top-down" Approaches to Understanding Interaction with Nature
Effect of calligraphic landscapes in tourist destinations on the psychological recovery of tourists
People’s experience of urban transformation
Nighttime recreational activity as daily recovery
Greening South Asian cities for health
Environmental appraisals in outgroup cultural landscapes
Virtual reality tourism as a therapeutic tool
Tourism environment and activity
Persistence and change
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
The current status of urban‐rural differences in psychiatric disorders
Blue space
Associations between park characteristics and perceived restorativeness of small public urban green spaces
Environmental correlates of walking and cycling
Tracking restoration in natural and urban field settings
Where to recover from attentional fatigue
Assessing the restorative components of environments
Directed Attention as a Common Resource for Executive Functioning and Self-Regulation
Components of small urban parks that predict the possibility for restoration
Urban Design Aesthetics
The Museum as a Restorative Environment
Reflection and Attentional Recovery as Distinctive Benefits of Restorative Environments
A Systematic Review of Built Environment and Health
Stress recovery during exposure to natural and urban environments
View Through a Window May Influence Recovery from Surgery
On Happiness and Human Potentials
Modeling restorative potential of urban environments by coupling viewscape analysis of lidar data with experiments in immersive virtual environments
More meaningful, more restorative? Linking local landscape characteristics and place attachment to restorative perceptions of urban park visitors
Older People’s Experiences of Mobility and Mood in an Urban Environment
Exposure to Green, Blue and Historic Environments and Mental Well-Being
The Built Environment and Mental Health
Pretest-posttest field studies on psychological restoration
Determinants of restorative experiences in everyday favorite places
The psychological wellbeing benefits of place engagement during walking in urban environments
When walking in nature is not restorative—The role of prospect and refuge
Welcome to your plaza
The New Urbanism
Attention restoration theory as a framework for analysis of Tweets about urban green space
The restorative potential of commercial streets
Rethinking ‘future nature’ through a transatlantic research collaboration
Preference for Nature in Urbanized Societies
The restorative benefits of nature
Contemporary Environmental Aesthetics and the Neglect of the Sublime
| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 5,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |