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Over the last few decades research has shown how natural environments can promote opportunities for psychological restoration, particularly mood, attention and stress recovery. However, little is knows about how restoration varies amongst different people and whether urban settings can also offer restorative opportunities. This study, therefore, provides new insights into how restoration varies, firstly, across different settings, and secondly, how the process varies in different sections of the population. It offers six studies: two exploring short-term restoration in adults and teenagers with good and poor mental health, one exploring longer- term restoration('instoration') in teenagers with behavioural difficulties, and three further studies exploring teenager's relationship with place and the opportunities for health and well-being. This study offers a range of innovative methods for restorative environments research and will be of interest to environmental psychologists, health geographers, landscape architects and other design disciplines, and health professionals.
About the author
Jenny Roe, PhD, is a Landscape Architect and Research Fellow with OPENspace, Edinburgh College of Art. An expert in the relationships between environment, health and wellbeing, she has particular expertise in engaging hard-to-reach groups in the research process.
