Main description:

This book provides a framework for understanding the components of woodland wellbeing. Based around the collaborative project, Good from Woods, the book spotlights multiple case studies to explore how wellbeing and health are promoted in woodland settings and through woodland inspired activity. It illustrates forms of wellbeing through real examples of woodland practice and draws out implications for the design of programmes to support health and wellbeing across different client groups. Chapters discuss health and wellbeing from a variety of perspectives such as psychological, physical, social, emotional and biophilic wellbeing.

The book will be of great practical use to commissioners, providers and users of woodland based activity who want to take a deeper look into how trees, woods and forests support human health and happiness, as well as of interest to academics and students engaged in research in outdoor activities, urban forestry and natural health and wellbeing.

Contents:

Introduction: The Good from Woods project.- Chapter 1 Woodland wellbeing.- Chapter 2 Framing complexity in wellbeing.- Chapter 3 Assessing the affective in active spaces.- Chapter 4 Natural Sources of Emotional Wellbeing.- Chapter 5 Natural Sources of Social Wellbeing.- Chapter 6 Natural Sources of Psychological Wellbeing.- Chapter 7 Natural Sources of Physical Wellbeing.- Chapter 8 Natural Sources of Biophilic Wellbeing.- Chapter 9 Engineering /engendering woodland wellbeing.- Chapter 10 Implications for woodland wellbeing practice and policy.