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Natural surroundings and health
Natural surroundings can benefit human health in many ways. Wageningen University & Research studies issues concerning the optimal design and management of natural surroundings, the impact of landscape and urban design on social safety and possibilities for using the existing natural surroundings to influence human behaviour.
Examples of how natural surroundings can contribute to human health
- Recovery from stress
- Promotion of social contact
- Ensuring optimal childhood development
- Stimulation of personal development and providing a sense of purpose
- As an impetus for exercise, reducing obesity
Recent publications:
- The Health and Wellbeing Effects of Forests, Trees and Green Space;
- The spatial distribution of microplastics in topsoils of an urban environment - Coimbra city case-study;
- GIANT LEAPS towards healthy and sustainable future diets by filling knowledge gaps on alternative proteins;
- Green Salutogenic Environments;
- Seaweed processing for feed.
All publications (1986 - present)
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Publications
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The ‘Carrot Test’ : An approach to characterize individual differences in oral processing behaviour and eating rate
Food Quality and Preference (2025), Volume: 122 - ISSN 0950-3293 -
Prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbial community dynamics in biofloc systems supplemented with non-starch polysaccharides
Aquaculture (2025), Volume: 594 - ISSN 0044-8486 -
Microtube self-assembly leads to conformational freezing point depression
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2025), Volume: 677 - ISSN 0021-9797 - p. 781-789. -
Durability assessment of lignin-based asphalt for sustainable road construction
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Carbon and greenhouse gas budgets of Europe: trends, interannual and spatial variability, and their drivers
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Het treinstation van Godegård
Geografie (2024), Volume: 33, Issue: 4 - ISSN 0926-3837 - p. 21-24. -
Mapping the development of agroecology in Europe - Volume 2
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Geographic Location Encoding with Spherical Harmonics and Sinusoidal Representation Networks
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A spatially explicit model of beaver river-floodplains: understanding drivers and mapping opportunities for restoration
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Food systems resilience dialogue and pathway development : Jonglei State and Greater Pibor Administrative Area - South Sudan
Wageningen: Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation (Report / Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation WCDI-24-323)