Restorative Effects of Blue Spaces on Area Users Depending on the Degree of Naturalness – A Case Study from Vienna, Austria

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Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Landscape and Human Health: Forests, Parks and Green Care. May 17 - 19, 2017, Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, Austria: (2017) , S. 114

Natural environments have a large potential for outdoor recreation and positive effects on human health and well-being. Blue spaces, landscapes dominated by water bodies, can have a stress-reducing effect, however knowledge on their health effects on human is largely missing and studies comparing the restorative effects of blue spaces with varying degrees of naturalness are rare.
Keywords | Affinity to nature, degrees of naturalness, perceived restorativeness, (urban) blue space, well-being