Visual Quality Assessment of Outdoor Settings for Nature-Based Interventions in Sweden Using the Contemplative Landscape Model

Abstract

This fact sheet introduces the Contemplative Landscape Model (CLM), a tool connecting neuroscience research and landscape design to identify environments that promote mental health (Olszewska-Guizzo et al., 2023). To illustrate its application, the CLM model was applied in the Swedish context to assess the restorative potential of outdoor landscape settings used in nature-based rehabilitation (NBR) within healthcare. This evaluation produced a case study focused on two regions in southern Sweden: Skåne and Halland.

Published in

LTV-fakultetens faktablad
2025, number: 2025:2
Publisher: Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Horticulture and Crop Production Science, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

SLU Authors

• Taufer, Francesca

  • Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Kyrö Wissler, Sara

  • University administration, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Hedblom, Marcus

  • Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Palsdottir, Anna Maria

  • Department of People and Society, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Landscape Architecture
Psychology (excluding Applied Psychology)

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.54612/a.722fntd0cn

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/140247