Resources/Reference


 

Kalb, Claudia and Vanessa Juarez (2005). "Into the Wild: A Scientific Approach." Newsweek, December 19.

Kamp, David (2006). "An Expanding Horizon – Gardens for Everyone." The Public Garden, a quarterly journal of the American Public Garden Association, July.

Kamp, David (2005). "Beyond the View: A Collaborative Approach in Creating Useful Outdoor Spaces for Aging Populations." Alzheimer’s Care Quarterly, October/December.

Kamp, David (2005). "Hospital, Heal Thyself: Greening the Design and Construction of Healthcare Facilities." Environmental Building News, June.

Kamp, David (1996). "Healing Environments: Restorative Gardens." Loeb Fellowship Forum Magazine, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Spring/Summer, pp. 4-6.

Kaplan, Rachel (1973). "Some Psychological Benefits of Gardening." Environment and Behavior, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 145-61.

Kaplan, Rachel and Stephen (1992). "The Restorative Environment: Nature and Human Experience." The Role of Horticulture in Human Well-Being and Social Development, Portland, OR: Timber Press.

Kaplan, Rachel and Stephen (1989). The Experience of Nature. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Kaplan, Rachel and Stephen (1990). "Restorative Experience: The Healing Power of Nearby Nature," in Francis, Mark and Randolph Hester (Eds.) The Meaning of Gardens. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, pp. 238-243.

Kaplan, Rachel, Stephen Kaplan, and Robert L. Ryan (1998). With People in Mind: Design and Management of Everyday Nature. Washington, D.C.: Island Press.

Kaplan, Stephen and Jane Talbot (1983). "Psychological Benefits of a Wilderness Experience." In I. Altman and J. F. Wohlwil (Eds.) Behavior and Natural Environment. NY: Plenum.

Kavasch, E. Barrie (2002). The Medicine Wheel Garden: Creating Sacred Space for Healing, Celebration, and Tranquility. New York, NY: Bantam Books.

Keep, P. J., J. James, and M. Inman (1980). "Windows in the Intensive Therapy Unit." Anaesthesia, 35(3), pp. 257-262.
Synopsis: Patients in windowless ICUs had less accurate memories of the duration of their stay, and were generally less aware of time, and were twice as likely to experience hallucinations or delusions than patients in ICUs with windows.

Kellert, Stephen R. and Edward O. Wilson (Eds.) (1993). The Biophilia Hypothesis. Washington, D.C.: Island Press.

Kelly, Stephen (2008). "Accessible Play: No More Watching from the Sidelines." Landscape Architect and Specifyer News, October, Vol. 24, No. 10, p. 62.
This article features 7 playgrounds designed for universal play. Read the article online at www.landscapeonline.com/research/article/11315.

Kimball, Lidia Stone, ASLA (2006). “The Healing Garden at Providence Hospital.” ASLA Healthcare and Therapeutic Garden Professional Practice Network Newsletter, Spring: http://host.asla.org/groups/tgdpigroup/TGD_SP06.final.pdf

Kovary, Myra M. (1999). "Healing Landscapes: Design Guidelines for Mental Health Facilities." Master of Landscape Architecture Thesis, Cornell University.
A similar version of Kovary's thesis was published with the same title as Chapter 12 of Shoemaker, Candice A. (Ed.) (2002) Interaction by Design: Bringing People and Plants Together for Health and Well-Being. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State Press.
If you would like an electronic copy of this thesis, email the author, Myra Kovary

 

 

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