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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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Eco-System-City: cost-benefit analysis of growing sites for urban trees in Rotterdam
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Environmental impact assessment of fish feed for aquaponic systems to introduce higher phosphorus and potassium in value-added fish sludge
Aquaculture (2025), Volume: 599 - ISSN 0044-8486 -
New Political Economy Initiative Rural Economy Workshop
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Review of relevant food and feed safety laws governing the use of insects as animal feed or human food in Serbia and Türkiye
Wageningen: Wageningen Livestock Research (Rapport / Wageningen Livestock Research 1541) -
Policy Coherence for Development in the EU’s Multidimensional Toolbox Against Deforestation: Unilateral, Bilateral and Multilateral Efforts
In: European Yearbook of International Economic Law - Springer -
Werking ammoniumsulfaat uit meststripper op grasland en mais
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Workshop to develop guidelines on how to approach the ecological, economic and social trade-offs between offshore renewable energy developments (wind farms) and fisheries (WKWIND)
ICES (ICES Scientific Reports 8) -
Als een aal bij de staart
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Mental model analysis and beaver conservation in England
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): Edward Huijbens, co-promotor(en): Maarten Jacobs, Kasper Kok - Wageningen: Wageningen University - ISBN: 9789465104447 -
Exploring ammonium conversion at bioanodes of microbial electrolysis cells
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): A. ter Heijne, co-promotor(en): C.J.N. Buisman, D. Liu - Wageningen: Wageningen University