Therapeutic landscapes : an evidence-based approach to designing healing gardens and restorative outsdoor spaces / Clare Cooper Marcus, Naomi Sachs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marcus, Clare Cooper, author.

Contributor:

Sachs, Naomi A., 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical geography.

Landscapes--Therapeutic use.

Landscapes.

Landscape architecture--Therapeutic use.

Landscape architecture.

Evidence-based design.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 pages) : color illustrations

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley and Sons, [2014]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Therapeutic Landscapes focuses critical attention on the design and creation of landscapes that promote health and well-being, emphasizing the importance of evidence-based design to meet the needs of specific patient populations, as well as those of visitors and staff. It presents an overview of healing gardens and therapeutic landscapes from planning to post-occupancy evaluation and offers guidelines on which landscape architects, healthcare administrators, and hinders can base their decisions. Whether the outdoor space is a courtyard, a campus, or a roof garden; whether it is part of an acute care or a residential facility; or whether it serves children, cancer patients, veterans, or the elderly, this comprehensive guide delivers proven approaches to the design of beautiful spaces that reduce stress, encourage emotional equilibrium, support recovery from illness or injury, and help patients regain lost or impaired abilities. Important features of this wide-ranging and closely detailed resource, include: Evidence-based guidelines for designers and other stakeholders in a variety of projects, Patient-specific strategies covering twelve categories ranging from burn patients and psychiatric patients to hospice and Alzheimer's patients, Case studies of exemplary gardens that demonstrate best practices and provide inspiration, Information on participatory design and funding strategies, Chapters on research, planting and maintenance, horticultural therapy, and sustainability, Therapeutic Landscapes is an indispensable resource for landscape architects, other' designers, students taking related courses, and healthcare administrators. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

2 History of Hospital Outdoor Space 6

3 Theory, Research, and Design Implications 14

4 Types and Locations of Therapeutic Landscapes in Healthcare 36

5 The Participatory Design Process / Teresia Hazen Hazen, Teresia 47

6 General Design Guidelines for Healthcare Facilities 56

7 Children's Hospital Gardens 91

8 Gardens for Cancer Patients 115

9 Gardens for the Frail Elderly 129

10 Gardens for People with Alzheimer's and Other Dementias 148

11 Hospice Gardens 165

12 Gardens for Mental and Behavioral Health Facilities 179

13 Gardens for Veterans and Active Service Personnel 206

14 Rehabilitation Gardens 222

15 Restorative Gardens in Public Spaces 235

16 Horticultural Therapy and Healthcare Garden Design / Teresia Hazen Hazen, Teresia 250

17 Planting and Maintaining Therapeutic Gardens / Marni Barnes Barnes, Marni 261

18 Therapeutic Landscapes and Sustainability 288

19 The Business Case and Funding for Therapeutic Gardens 298

20 Evaluation of Therapeutic Gardens 308.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

Other Format:

Print version: Marcus, Clare Cooper. Therapeutic landscapes : an evidence-based approach to designing healing gardens and restorative outsdoor spaces.

ISBN:

9781118419403

OCLC:

861536828

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.