Table of Contents
PART I: The Research Landscape
1. Friend or Foe: Salutogenic Possibilities of the Environment
2. Societal Challenges, Methodological Issues and Transdisciplinary Approaches
3. Known knowns: a systematic review of the effects of green exercise compared with exercising indoors
4. The green exercise concept: Two intertwining pathways to health and well-being
5. Meaning, Nature, And Well-Being
Part II: Possible Mechanisms
6. The Cognitive Neuroscience of Nature: From Motor Cognition to Grounded Cognition
7. Affective responses to natural environments: From Everyday Engagement to Therapeutic Impact
8. A Remedy for Boredom: Natural Environments as a Psychological Resource
9. Growing Resilience through Connecting with Nature
Part III: Case Studies
10. From Tracks to Trails: Case Studies in Green Exercise
11. Immersion, Watersports and Blueways and the Blue Mind: Case Studies in Blue Exercise
12. Why outdoors? A systematic approach to examine and value the social benefits of outdoor sports
13. ‘Doing’ Adventure: The Mental Health Benefits of using Occupational Therapy Approaches in Adventure Therapy Settings
14. Greening education: Education outside the classroom in natural settings as a school-based health promotion approach for children and young people
Part IV: Future Pathways
15. Future-Thinking through Technological Nature: Connecting or Disconnecting
16. "Dreadmills": Is there such a thing as sustainable exercise
17. Mindfulness and Green Exercise: Enhancing Our Relationship with Physical Activity and the Natural World
18. Nature-based Interventions Cities: A Look Ahead