Green areas have a positive impact on human health

Wien

2017

4 S.

Sonderdruck

12139S

202593

Green spaces, especially forests, are good for human health. Spending time in natural and cultural landscapes increases not only our personal welfare, but can also reduce the costs for health care by prescribed stays in green areas. These are the main outcomes of the third international conference on "Landscapes and Human Health: Forests, Parks and Green Care", which took place from 17th-19th of May 2017 in Vienna, Austria. The theme of the conference was the interaction between natural and cultural landscapes and human health. 140 experts from 27 different countries shared their experiences and scientific findings on the impacts of visits in green spaces and offers of Green Care on human health.