Analysis of restorative outdoor characteristics on a university Campus

Abstract

It has been hypothesized that work requiring intense directed attention is more efficient if the workplace is surrounded by certain restorative qualities of nature. If this is the case, then universities and high tech business parks - typical environments for intense creativity, concentration and innovative productivity - should benefit from such green restorative qualities. I believe this aspect must be considered much more carefully in professional environmental work. This paper presents a relevant research background and a method for evaluating important outdoor environmental characteristics. The method developed here is applied to the highest ranked Swedish research university: Karolinska Institute, Stockholm.

Keywords

stress reduction, campus, greening, characteristics, outdoor environment

Published in

Publisher: NAEP session poster 3

Conference

NAEP (National Association of Environmenta Professionals) Annual conference.

SLU Authors

• Skärbäck, Erik

  • Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Applied Psychology
Other Environmental Engineering
Learning

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/40442