Connecting land. A transdisciplinary workshop to envision a nature-connecting human habitat

dc.citation.issueSpecial Issue: The Biophilic City
dc.contributor.authorGiusti M
dc.contributor.authorWang W
dc.contributor.authorMarriott T
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-08T05:54:06Z
dc.date.available2020-04-06
dc.date.available2021-04-08T05:54:06Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractThe design of the human habitat can either promote or oppose healthy living, sustainable lifestyles, and the ability to value nature in people. The goal of this paper is to provide some insights to shape a transdisciplinary agenda for future human habitats that are socially and ecologically sustainable. This is what Connecting Land is. Through a planned workshop, 19 professionals from a variety of complementary backgrounds create a vision for Connecting Land and then discuss policy actions required to achieve such a vision. The produced vision highlights a physically and emotionally healthy community that celebrates local nature in their traditions and rituals. Nature experiences are next door and symbiosis with nature is the constant background of the inhabitants' habits. The policy actions emerging from the workshop suggest that achieving Connecting Land requires integrated policies that simultaneously address children's experience-based education, the elimination of physical barriers to nature access, and legal actions to establish the rights of natural elements. To this goal, synergies between the design of natural landscapes, children's education, and short and long-term people's wellbeing are worth further exploration in both academia and practice. Sustainable human habitats that promote a healthy and sustainable culture do not need to be utopian.
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dc.identifierhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23748834.2020.1742491
dc.identifier.citationCities and Health, 2020, (Special Issue: The Biophilic City)
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/23748834.2020.1742491
dc.identifier.elements-id443269
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10179/16287
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis Group
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/
dc.relation.isPartOfCities and Health
dc.relation.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23748834.2020.1742491
dc.titleConnecting land. A transdisciplinary workshop to envision a nature-connecting human habitat
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.declined2021-04-08T14:04:38.775+1200
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pubs.organisational-group/Massey University
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Creative Arts
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Creative Arts/School of Design
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