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Nature walks are good for you, but can a city stroll be just as good?
Walking in both natural and urban settings improves mental health by reducing stress and restoring attention, with urban plazas also boosting energy, researchers found.
- Researchers report that walking in nature boosts health, and urban walks with natural elements also provide mental-health benefits, says experts.
- Recently, Cesar San Juan Guillen's comparisons showed busy plazas with mixed uses can sometimes reduce stress more than green urban parks, challenging previous biases in environmental research, which compared natural settings with stressful urban environments.
- Research evidence indicates San Juan Guillen, a researcher at Bangor University in Wales, U.K., found focusing on plant life reduces anxiety, with both environments improving cognitive performance and negative emotions through 'soft fascination'.
- Tristan Cleveland advises walkers seeking mental-health benefits to seek routes that produce 'soft fascination' and use the 'first kiss test' while paying attention to surroundings.
- Design features matter: Annabel Abbs-Streets recommends walkable cities like Boston, Taos and Dubrovnik and historic urban areas and cemeteries like London's 'Magnificent Seven', while street trees and avoiding blank walls shape restorative urban walks.
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Nature walks are good for you, but can a city stroll be just as good? - National
With every step on the trail, fallen leaves crinkle underfoot. The path follows a stream, rushing and burbling over smooth, gray stones, while a breeze rustles the branches overhead. Now compare that blissful mental image to what you might walk past in a city — traffic, crowds, concrete and glass. Which seems better for you?
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Nature walks are good for you, but can a city stroll be just as good?
Nature walks are good for you, but can a city stroll be just as good? Walking in nature has been shown to boost physical and mental health, improve cognitive performance, lower stress and restore attention.
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