Moving towards a multidimensional dynamic approach to nature and health: A bioavailability perspective

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dc.contributor.authorSumner, Rachel C.
dc.contributor.authorCassarino, Marica
dc.contributor.authorDockray, Samantha
dc.contributor.authorSetti, Annalisa
dc.contributor.authorCrone, Diane M.
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-02T14:36:03Z
dc.date.available2022-03-02T14:36:03Z
dc.date.issued2021-10-03
dc.date.updated2022-03-01T12:03:20Z
dc.description.abstractThe benefits of exposure to nature for health and well-being have been demonstrated across multiple disciplines. Recent work has sought to establish one ‘dose’ or type of nature exposure that is universally beneficial, which has proven difficult. We use the principles of psychopharmacology to look beyond the use of dose as a concept for prescribing nature. Instead, we posit a multidimensional model of bioavailability of nature to shift the focus beyond universal effects, and instead consider the relationship between health and nature as dynamic, changeable and heavily contextual. We propose that the bioavailability of nature interactions is constructed through understanding route of administration, dose and concentration. By delineating the mechanisms of health benefit derived from the type of behavioural interaction (through being, doing and living), the route of administration of nature interactions may be highly variable not just between, but also within, individuals. We propose concentration as being a meeting between the subjective aspects of the individual and the subjective qualities of the nature at that specific time and place. We use a ‘green equation’, for mapping the processes and pathways that belie the interaction between the person and their environment. Here, the nature/health association as a dynamic interaction, and we operationalise this within a multidimensional construct of bioavailability. We provide an overview of this testable model and summarise with preliminary evidence as well as a research agenda for the future.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationSumner, R. C., Cassarino, M., Dockray, S., Setti, A. and Crone, D. M. (2021) 'Moving towards a multidimensional dynamic approach to nature and health: A bioavailability perspective', People and Nature, 4(1), pp. 44-52. doi: 10.1002/pan3.10266en
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/pan3.10266en
dc.identifier.endpage52en
dc.identifier.issn2575-8314
dc.identifier.issued1en
dc.identifier.journaltitlePeople and Natureen
dc.identifier.startpage44en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/12688
dc.identifier.volume4en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc.en
dc.rights© 2021, the Authors. People and Nature published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Ecological Society. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectBioavailability modelen
dc.subjectGreen spaceen
dc.subjectHealthen
dc.subjectHuman–nature interactionen
dc.subjectNature connectionen
dc.subjectWell-beingen
dc.subjectUrban green spacesen
dc.subjectPhysical activityen
dc.subjectEnvironmenten
dc.subjectBenefitsen
dc.subjectStressen
dc.subjectExperiencesen
dc.subjectExposureen
dc.subjectAttentionen
dc.subjectWalkingen
dc.subjectImpacten
dc.titleMoving towards a multidimensional dynamic approach to nature and health: A bioavailability perspectiveen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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