Browsing by Subject "nature"
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(2023-04-20)Over the last several decades, extensive research has been done and has provided ample evidence that human contact with nature has numerous positive effects on health. This dissertation has three aims: Identify the ...
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(2019-03-28)Research indicates that access to outdoor environments may provide an opportunity for seniors’ emotional and physical renewal. However, even though older adults have been reported to value the outdoors, many times the ...
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(2013-07-19)This dissertation builds upon the relatively young fields of visual and environmental rhetoric and analyzes the rhetoric of natural history filmmaking, focusing on the ways in which the genre illustrates the complex ...
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(2012-07-16)Adults associate their childhood with playing outdoors, often in natural settings. This type of free play is valuable to child development. Children tend to use outdoor play areas in physically active ways, and time spent ...
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(2009-06-09)A strong link has been established between children playing in nature and improved physical and emotional health. The intriguing biophilia hypothesis suggests that humans are hardwired with an innate love of nature and ...
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(2013-08-02)This thesis aims to show that Martin Heidegger’s notion of fundamental ontology can serve as the foundation for a new approach to environmental ethics. The thesis begins with a brief introduction to the traditional approaches ...
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(2021-03-08)A considerable number of children suffer from a variety of mental health issues all across the world. Psychotherapy and medication are often used to treat these problems, with therapy predominantly being conducted in indoor ...