Forests, Trees and Human Health
The link between modern lifestyles and increasing levels of chronic heart disease, obesity, stress and poor mental health is a concern across the world. The cost of dealing with these conditions places a large burden on national public health budgets so t
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K. Nilsson • M. Sangster • C. Gallis • T. Hartig • S. Vries • K. Seeland • J. Schipperijn Editors
Forests, Trees and Human Health
Editors Kjell Nilsson University of Copenhagen Forest & Landscape Denmark Department of Parks and Urban Landscapes Rolighedsvej 23 1958 Frederiksberg C Denmark [email protected] Marcus Sangster Forestry Commission Land Use and Social Research Corstorphine Road 231 EH12 7AT Edinburgh United Kingdom [email protected] Christos Gallis Forest Research Institute National Agricultural Research Foundatio 57006 Thessaloniki Greece [email protected]
Sjerp de Vries Wageningen UR Alterra 6700 AA Wageningen Netherlands [email protected] Klaus Seeland Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Group Society, Environment & Culture Sonneggstrasse 33, SOL E 9092 Zurich Switzerland [email protected] Jasper Schipperijn University of Southern Denmark Institute for Sport Science and Clinical Biomechanics Øster Farimagsgade 5 A 1353 Copenhagen K Denmark [email protected]
Terry Hartig Uppsala University Institute for Housing and Urban Research Radhustorget 1 80320 Gävle Sweden [email protected]
ISBN 978-90-481-9805-4 e-ISBN 978-90-481-9806-1 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-9806-1 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2010937428 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
The histories of European civilization and European forests are closely intertwined. Prior to industrialization wood, fodder and food from forests helped support our rural economies. Since then forest management has continuously adapted to meet the needs of industry and of urbanized society. Today cultural, amenity and environmental objectives inform all forest management, reflecting the concerns and requirements of contemporary society. In the late twentieth Century lifestyle-related health problems emerged as an important new concern in all developed countries. Should this lead to a new objective for forestry in Europe? Can forests and forest management help in the promotion of healthier lifestyles and improved mental health? This book summarizes research on these questions. Between 2004 and 2008 some 160 scientists from 24 European countries, with contributors from Asia, Australia, Canada and the United States, worked together in COST Action E39 ‘Forests, Trees and Human Health and Wellbeing’ to promote our understanding of how forests contribute to health in Europe and elsewhere. Funded by the EU through the European Science Foundation, COST is an
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