Lewis, C. A., 1996, Green nature/human nature, University of Illinois Press, Illinois
- Author : Lewis, C. A.
- Year : 1996
- Publisher : University of Illinois Press
- Publisher's Location : Illinois
- ISBN : 0252022130
- Pages : 160
- Abstract : The author describes the psychological, sociological, and physiological responses of people to vegetation in cities and forests, as well as in horticultural therapy programs in hospitals, geriatric institutions, physical rehabilitation centres, drug rehabilitation programs, and correctional institutions. He presents an evolutionary basis for the human attraction to plants. People-plant interactions are presented from two perspectives: participatory, in which the individual is involved in planting and maintaining the vegetation, and observational, in which the individual bears no responsibility for establishing or maintaining the vegetation.
- Comments : KEYWORDS: environmental psychology, environmental sociology, nature experience, horticultural therapy, participation, planting design, maintenance.