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Bruno Marques is the Associate Dean (Academic Development) and Senior Lecturer in Landscape Architecture at Victoria University of Wellington, Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation. His main research interests relate to the integration of Indigenous methods in participatory design and place-making in landscape rehabilitation and ecosystem services.
Academic research has long established that interaction with the natural environment is associated with better overall health outcomes. Notably, the area of therapeutic environments has been borne out of the recognition of this critical relationship, but much of this research comes from a specific Western perspective. In Aotearoa-New Zealand, Māori (the Indigenous people of the land) have long demonstrated significantly worse health outcomes than non-Māori. Little research has examined the causes compared to Western populations and the role of the natural environment in health outcomes for Māori. The present study aimed to explore the relationship between Māori culture, landscape and the connection to health and well-being. Eighteen Māori pāhake (older adults) and kaumātua (elders) took part in semi-structured interviews carried out as focus groups, from June to November 2020. Transcribed interviews were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis and kaupapa Māori techniques. We found five overarching and interrelated key themes related to Indigenous knowledge (Mātauranga Māori) that sit within the realm of therapeutic environments, culture and landscape. A conceptual framework for Therapeutic Cultural Environments (TCE) is proposed in terms of the contribution to our understanding of health and well-being and its implications for conceptualising therapeutic environments and a culturally appropriate model of care for Māori communities.
Bruno Marques; Claire Freeman; Lyn Carter; Maibritt Pedersen Zari. Conceptualising Therapeutic Environments through Culture, Indigenous Knowledge and Landscape for Health and Well-Being. Sustainability 2021, 13, 9125 .
AMA StyleBruno Marques, Claire Freeman, Lyn Carter, Maibritt Pedersen Zari. Conceptualising Therapeutic Environments through Culture, Indigenous Knowledge and Landscape for Health and Well-Being. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (16):9125.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBruno Marques; Claire Freeman; Lyn Carter; Maibritt Pedersen Zari. 2021. "Conceptualising Therapeutic Environments through Culture, Indigenous Knowledge and Landscape for Health and Well-Being." Sustainability 13, no. 16: 9125.
The outdoor environment offers an important platform for engaging older adults from a variety of social, cultural and ethnic orientations for the purpose of improving or maintaining their physical and mental health as well as facilitating their social and cultural connections. Using a multidisciplinary lens, this study looks at the requirements and potential of a more inclusive landscape design that acknowledges different modes of health, recovery and rehabilitation, drawing from both the past and the future and providing suggestions on how more efficient and culturally appropriate ways of maintaining health and social connectivity can be achieved in later life.
Jacqueline McIntosh; Bruno Marques; Jon Cornwall; Chelsea Kershaw; Rosemary Mwipiko. Therapeutic Environments and the Role of Physiological Factors in Creating Inclusive Psychological and Socio-Cultural Landscapes. Ageing International 2021, 1 -14.
AMA StyleJacqueline McIntosh, Bruno Marques, Jon Cornwall, Chelsea Kershaw, Rosemary Mwipiko. Therapeutic Environments and the Role of Physiological Factors in Creating Inclusive Psychological and Socio-Cultural Landscapes. Ageing International. 2021; ():1-14.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJacqueline McIntosh; Bruno Marques; Jon Cornwall; Chelsea Kershaw; Rosemary Mwipiko. 2021. "Therapeutic Environments and the Role of Physiological Factors in Creating Inclusive Psychological and Socio-Cultural Landscapes." Ageing International , no. : 1-14.
Bruno Marques; Jacqueline McIntosh; Chelsea Kershaw. Therapeutic environments as a catalyst for health, well-being and social equity. 2021, 1 .
AMA StyleBruno Marques, Jacqueline McIntosh, Chelsea Kershaw. Therapeutic environments as a catalyst for health, well-being and social equity. . 2021; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBruno Marques; Jacqueline McIntosh; Chelsea Kershaw. 2021. "Therapeutic environments as a catalyst for health, well-being and social equity." , no. : 1.
Bruno Marques; Jacqueline McIntosh; Chelsea Kershaw. Therapeutic environments as a catalyst for health, well-being and social equity. 2021, 1 .
AMA StyleBruno Marques, Jacqueline McIntosh, Chelsea Kershaw. Therapeutic environments as a catalyst for health, well-being and social equity. . 2021; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBruno Marques; Jacqueline McIntosh; Chelsea Kershaw. 2021. "Therapeutic environments as a catalyst for health, well-being and social equity." , no. : 1.
With the increasing prevalence of mental illness, there is an ever-growing need for supportive and rehabilitative social and health services and facilities. In many countries, the healthcare infrastructure, transitional services and communities are isolated from one another, creating physical and mental barriers to rehabilitation. Therapeutic landscape research suggests that outdoor spaces can facilitate rehabilitative healing, foster community support and self-empowerment. Design focused on facilitating preventative and rehabilitative health may bridge the gap between treatment at the institutional level and day-to-day living environment, by supporting the well-being of vulnerable people. In this paper, the literature as well as individual case studies are explored to better understand how therapeutic environments may enable the built infrastructure and transitional landscapes to fruitfully coexist. Findings suggest that suitable urban integration of services through therapeutic landscapes can provide a catalyst for the well-being of the wider community, mediating healthcare stigmas.
Bruno Marques; Jacqueline McIntosh; Chelsea Kershaw. Therapeutic environments as a catalyst for health, well-being and social equity. Landscape Research 2021, 46, 766 -781.
AMA StyleBruno Marques, Jacqueline McIntosh, Chelsea Kershaw. Therapeutic environments as a catalyst for health, well-being and social equity. Landscape Research. 2021; 46 (6):766-781.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBruno Marques; Jacqueline McIntosh; Chelsea Kershaw. 2021. "Therapeutic environments as a catalyst for health, well-being and social equity." Landscape Research 46, no. 6: 766-781.
Jacqueline McIntosh; Bruno Marques; Rosemary Mwipiko. Therapeutic Landscapes and Indigenous Culture: Māori Health Models in Aotearoa/New Zealand. 2021, 1 .
AMA StyleJacqueline McIntosh, Bruno Marques, Rosemary Mwipiko. Therapeutic Landscapes and Indigenous Culture: Māori Health Models in Aotearoa/New Zealand. . 2021; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJacqueline McIntosh; Bruno Marques; Rosemary Mwipiko. 2021. "Therapeutic Landscapes and Indigenous Culture: Māori Health Models in Aotearoa/New Zealand." , no. : 1.
Jacqueline McIntosh; Bruno Marques; Rosemary Mwipiko. Therapeutic Landscapes and Indigenous Culture: Māori Health Models in Aotearoa/New Zealand. 2021, 1 .
AMA StyleJacqueline McIntosh, Bruno Marques, Rosemary Mwipiko. Therapeutic Landscapes and Indigenous Culture: Māori Health Models in Aotearoa/New Zealand. . 2021; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJacqueline McIntosh; Bruno Marques; Rosemary Mwipiko. 2021. "Therapeutic Landscapes and Indigenous Culture: Māori Health Models in Aotearoa/New Zealand." , no. : 1.
Research has shown that Indigenous people suffer significant health inequalities in comparison to dominant colonising cultures. Evidence shows that these inequalities can be addressed by gaining a deeper understanding of the social and cultural determinants of health, applying Indigenous views of health and developing better definitions of the term wellbeing. The following chapter draws on research exploring the relationship between Indigenous culture, the landscape and the connection with health and wellbeing. In Aotearoa/New Zealand, consideration of Indigenous Māori is a national imperative, enshrined in the Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Treaty of Waitangi) which establishes it as a bicultural country. Exploring three Māori health models, the chapter examines the factors that play a significant role in shaping Māori people's health. It relates how landscape is a foundational therapeutic aspect of Māori wellbeing using the models to express the forces that impact both positively and negatively on this relationship. The chapter concludes that all three concepts, culture, health and landscape, are interconnected and must be balanced to reduce Māori health inequalities and to provide a more sustainable model for health and wellbeing for all New Zealanders.
Jacqueline McIntosh; Bruno Marques; Rosemary Mwipiko. Therapeutic Landscapes and Indigenous Culture: Māori Health Models in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Clan and Tribal Perspectives on Social, Economic and Environmental Sustainability 2021, 143 -158.
AMA StyleJacqueline McIntosh, Bruno Marques, Rosemary Mwipiko. Therapeutic Landscapes and Indigenous Culture: Māori Health Models in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Clan and Tribal Perspectives on Social, Economic and Environmental Sustainability. 2021; ():143-158.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJacqueline McIntosh; Bruno Marques; Rosemary Mwipiko. 2021. "Therapeutic Landscapes and Indigenous Culture: Māori Health Models in Aotearoa/New Zealand." Clan and Tribal Perspectives on Social, Economic and Environmental Sustainability , no. : 143-158.
The connection the Māori, the Indigenous people of Aotearoa-New Zealand, have to the land is threatened by the effects of colonisation, urbanisation and other factors. In particular, many Māori suffer significant health and wellbeing inequalities compared to the non-Māori population. In an effort to reduce such inequalities, there is a growing consciousness of the need to better understand the cultural and place-specific determinants that affect the health and wellbeing of population groups in different environments. This article explores how environmental and cultural connections to land enable the development of place-specific and culturally-driven principles that promote the health and wellbeing of Māori populations. It argues that concepts of place, belonging, landscape and wellbeing play an important role in linking environment and culture as well as in contributing to creating therapeutic spatial environments that promote both human health and ecosystems. A set of principles is developed that allows for the landscape design of such therapeutic environments while accommodating the socio-cultural and environmental values that promote health and wellbeing of both Māori and non-Māori people.
Bruno Marques; Claire Freeman; Lynette Carter; Maibritt Pedersen Zari. Sense of Place and Belonging in Developing Culturally Appropriate Therapeutic Environments: A Review. 2021, 1 .
AMA StyleBruno Marques, Claire Freeman, Lynette Carter, Maibritt Pedersen Zari. Sense of Place and Belonging in Developing Culturally Appropriate Therapeutic Environments: A Review. . 2021; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBruno Marques; Claire Freeman; Lynette Carter; Maibritt Pedersen Zari. 2021. "Sense of Place and Belonging in Developing Culturally Appropriate Therapeutic Environments: A Review." , no. : 1.
The use of technology for social connectivity and achieving engagement goals is increasingly essential to the overall well-being of our rapidly ageing population. While much of the extant literature has focused on home automation and indoor remote health monitoring; there is a growing literature that finds personal health and overall well-being improves when physical activities are conducted outdoors. This study presents a review of possible innovative and assistive eHealth technologies suitable for smart therapeutic and rehabilitation outdoor spaces for older persons. The article also presents key performance metrics required of eHealth technologies to ensure robust, timely and reliable biometric data transfer between patients in a therapeutic landscape environment and respective medical centres. A literature review of relevant publications with a primary focus of integrating sensors and eHealth technologies in outdoor spaces to collect and transfer data from the elderly demographic who engage such built landscapes to appropriate stakeholders was conducted. A content analysis was carried out to synthesize outcomes of the literature review. The study finds that research in assistive eHealth technologies and interfaces for outdoor therapeutic spaces is in its nascent stages and has limited generalisability. The level of technology uptake and readiness for smart outdoor spaces is still developing and is currently being outpaced by the growth of elderly fitness zones in public spaces. Further research is needed to explore those eHealth technologies with interactive feedback mechanisms that are suitable for outdoor therapeutic environments.
Bruno Marques; Jacqueline McIntosh; Alvin Valera; Anuroop Gaddam. Innovative and Assistive eHealth Technologies for Smart Therapeutic and Rehabilitation Outdoor Spaces for the Elderly Demographic. 2021, 1 .
AMA StyleBruno Marques, Jacqueline McIntosh, Alvin Valera, Anuroop Gaddam. Innovative and Assistive eHealth Technologies for Smart Therapeutic and Rehabilitation Outdoor Spaces for the Elderly Demographic. . 2021; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBruno Marques; Jacqueline McIntosh; Alvin Valera; Anuroop Gaddam. 2021. "Innovative and Assistive eHealth Technologies for Smart Therapeutic and Rehabilitation Outdoor Spaces for the Elderly Demographic." , no. : 1.
© The Author(s) 2019. Increasingly, our built and natural environments are becoming hybrids of real and digital entities where objects, buildings and landscapes are linked online in websites, blogs and texts. In the case of Aotearoa New Zealand, modern lifestyles have put Māori Indigenous oral narratives at risk of being lost in a world dominated by text and digital elements. Intangible values, transmitted orally from generation to generation, provide a sense of identity and community to Indigenous Māori as they relate and experience the land based on cultural, spiritual, emotion, physical and social values. Retaining the storytelling environment through the use of augmented reality, this article extends the biophysical attributes of landscape through embedded imagery and auditory information. By engaging with Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, a design approach has been developed to illustrate narratives through different media, in a way that encourages a deeper and broader bicultural engagement with landscape.
Bruno Marques; Jacqueline McIntosh; Hannah Carson. Whispering tales: using augmented reality to enhance cultural landscapes and indigenous values. 2021, 1 .
AMA StyleBruno Marques, Jacqueline McIntosh, Hannah Carson. Whispering tales: using augmented reality to enhance cultural landscapes and indigenous values. . 2021; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBruno Marques; Jacqueline McIntosh; Hannah Carson. 2021. "Whispering tales: using augmented reality to enhance cultural landscapes and indigenous values." , no. : 1.
Research on architectural technology for health care has rapidly increased in recent years; however, little research has been conducted on the use of virtual reality for simulating impairment. This exploratory research maps the experiences of people with impairments in the often-overlooked corridors and waiting rooms of an emergency department. It questions whether the experience of an impairment can be usefully simulated for empathetic design. While using participatory processes to develop a virtual reality simulation of waiting areas, this research applies three representative impairments and then surveys 30 architectural designers to find the emotional responses of the unimpaired to the design intervention. While this research is preliminary, it is particularly valuable for the comprehension of proposed designs during the early planning and design phases, without costly and time-consuming use of full participatory processes. It finds there is significant potential for the use of virtual reality as a technology to simulate the experiences of these spaces by individuals with impairment, enabling empathetic design, and offers direction for future research.
Jacqueline McIntosh; Bruno Marques; Robyn Harkness. Simulating impairment through virtual reality. 2021, 1 .
AMA StyleJacqueline McIntosh, Bruno Marques, Robyn Harkness. Simulating impairment through virtual reality. . 2021; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJacqueline McIntosh; Bruno Marques; Robyn Harkness. 2021. "Simulating impairment through virtual reality." , no. : 1.
© The Author(s) 2019. Increasingly, our built and natural environments are becoming hybrids of real and digital entities where objects, buildings and landscapes are linked online in websites, blogs and texts. In the case of Aotearoa New Zealand, modern lifestyles have put Māori Indigenous oral narratives at risk of being lost in a world dominated by text and digital elements. Intangible values, transmitted orally from generation to generation, provide a sense of identity and community to Indigenous Māori as they relate and experience the land based on cultural, spiritual, emotion, physical and social values. Retaining the storytelling environment through the use of augmented reality, this article extends the biophysical attributes of landscape through embedded imagery and auditory information. By engaging with Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, a design approach has been developed to illustrate narratives through different media, in a way that encourages a deeper and broader bicultural engagement with landscape.
Bruno Marques; Jacqueline McIntosh; Hannah Carson. Whispering tales: using augmented reality to enhance cultural landscapes and indigenous values. 2021, 1 .
AMA StyleBruno Marques, Jacqueline McIntosh, Hannah Carson. Whispering tales: using augmented reality to enhance cultural landscapes and indigenous values. . 2021; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBruno Marques; Jacqueline McIntosh; Hannah Carson. 2021. "Whispering tales: using augmented reality to enhance cultural landscapes and indigenous values." , no. : 1.
The meanings of place and the relationship between place and health have culturally specific dimensions. This is of particular importance for indigenous people and communities as often regarding landscape as part of a circle of life, establishing a holistic perspective about health and wellbeing. The indigenous Māori of Aotearoa/New Zealand contend that their relationship with the land shapes how the cultural, spiritual, emotional, physical, and social wellbeing of people and communities are expressed. Few studies have explored the influence of the cultural beliefs and values on health, in particular the intricate link between land and health. This chapter broadens the understanding of therapeutic landscapes through the exploration of specific cultural dimensions. It contributes to the expanding body of research focusing on the role of therapeutic landscapes and their role in shaping health, through the development of new research methods.
Jacqueline McIntosh; Bruno Marques; William Hatton. Indigenous Cultural Knowledge for Therapeutic Landscape Design. 2021, 1 .
AMA StyleJacqueline McIntosh, Bruno Marques, William Hatton. Indigenous Cultural Knowledge for Therapeutic Landscape Design. . 2021; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJacqueline McIntosh; Bruno Marques; William Hatton. 2021. "Indigenous Cultural Knowledge for Therapeutic Landscape Design." , no. : 1.
Over a few decades, there is a steady accretion of life expectancy in many countries. Significant advances in modern healthcare technologies, medicines and overall health care awareness gave many to lead a prolonged healthy life. Over the past few years, there has been a huge demand for unobtrusive health monitoring systems from both medical professionals and the general populace to use these technologies for understanding the general health well being in order to improve life longevity. However, most of the available technologies for health monitoring are difficult for the general populace to access and most of the developed health monitoring systems are either deployed in a controlled environment or in healthcare facilities, thus severely limiting the ease of access to many, especially the elderly people. For effective health management of elderly people, evidence-based decision making, continuously monitoring the health status of the elderly demographic is paramount. In order to address these issues, we developed an innovative smart IoT based outdoor health monitoring system. The proposed system collects information about the mobility, posture, and overall gait of the person in an easy to access public outdoor setting such as parks, supermarkets etc. It is quite evident from multiple studies, that analysing the gait can be a useful tool in early detection of the declining health of individuals, as mobility is a key factor in any individual's well being. Also, detecting gait disorders earlier will allow for functional relief to the health care system with the possibility of reducing the number and severity of gait disorders through early intervention.
Anuroop Gaddam; Tim Wilkin; Maia Angelova; Alvin Valera; Jacqueline McIntosh; Bruno Marques. Design & Development of IoT Based Rehabilitation Outdoor Landscape for Gait Phase Recognition. 2021, 1 .
AMA StyleAnuroop Gaddam, Tim Wilkin, Maia Angelova, Alvin Valera, Jacqueline McIntosh, Bruno Marques. Design & Development of IoT Based Rehabilitation Outdoor Landscape for Gait Phase Recognition. . 2021; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAnuroop Gaddam; Tim Wilkin; Maia Angelova; Alvin Valera; Jacqueline McIntosh; Bruno Marques. 2021. "Design & Development of IoT Based Rehabilitation Outdoor Landscape for Gait Phase Recognition." , no. : 1.
Evidence shows that maintaining a relationship with nature is essential for human health and wellbeing. This is of great importance when migration to urban areas is increasing globally and the need for nature as well as green and blue spaces as a source of recreation and relaxation is highly regarded for the health and wellbeing of local communities. Sustainable urban development and alternative design solutions to address urban compactness and densification are becoming increasingly important tools to counteract the adverse effects of urban sprawl. In the context of the highly compact bicultural capital city of Wellington, Aotearoa-New Zealand, this paper examines the effects of urban densification and compact city development in urban green spaces. It explores how architecture and landscape architecture can transform urban environments into desirable places to live and capitalise on the potentials of interstitial spaces, outdated zoning and changing land-use. To achieve that, it looks at green and blue infrastructure design solutions and opportunities that foster sustainable intensification and by offering new views for health and wellbeing that improve the social, cultural and environmental health of the city.
Bruno Marques; Jacqueline McIntosh; Victoria Chanse. Improving Community Health and Wellbeing through Multi-functional Green Infrastructure in Cities Undergoing Densification. 2021, 1 .
AMA StyleBruno Marques, Jacqueline McIntosh, Victoria Chanse. Improving Community Health and Wellbeing through Multi-functional Green Infrastructure in Cities Undergoing Densification. . 2021; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBruno Marques; Jacqueline McIntosh; Victoria Chanse. 2021. "Improving Community Health and Wellbeing through Multi-functional Green Infrastructure in Cities Undergoing Densification." , no. : 1.
© Wichmann Verlag, VDE VERLAG GMBH ·. A military lifestyle can have profound impacts on an individual’s health and wellbeing. In-creasingly, new technologies such as the creation of Virtual Reality (VR) are being explored as bridging mechanisms to provide ‘space’ and to aid with other therapies. The overarching research programme investigates the therapeutic and social qualities of landscape and how these can be translated into an immersive virtual environment. There is a specific focus regarding immersive VR environments and how these could be used as a tool to promote positive health, wellbeing, and social connection within the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF).
Jacqueline McIntosh; Maria Rodgers; Bruno Marques; Alysha Gibbard. The Use of VR for Creating Therapeutic Environments for the Health and Wellbeing of Military Personnel, Their Families and Their Communities. 2021, 1 .
AMA StyleJacqueline McIntosh, Maria Rodgers, Bruno Marques, Alysha Gibbard. The Use of VR for Creating Therapeutic Environments for the Health and Wellbeing of Military Personnel, Their Families and Their Communities. . 2021; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJacqueline McIntosh; Maria Rodgers; Bruno Marques; Alysha Gibbard. 2021. "The Use of VR for Creating Therapeutic Environments for the Health and Wellbeing of Military Personnel, Their Families and Their Communities." , no. : 1.
The meanings of place and the relationship between place and health have culturally specific dimensions. This is of particular importance for indigenous people and communities as often regarding landscape as part of a circle of life, establishing a holistic perspective about health and wellbeing. The indigenous Māori of Aotearoa/New Zealand contend that their relationship with the land shapes how the cultural, spiritual, emotional, physical, and social wellbeing of people and communities are expressed. Few studies have explored the influence of the cultural beliefs and values on health, in particular the intricate link between land and health. This chapter broadens the understanding of therapeutic landscapes through the exploration of specific cultural dimensions. It contributes to the expanding body of research focusing on the role of therapeutic landscapes and their role in shaping health, through the development of new research methods.
Jacqueline McIntosh; Bruno Marques; William Hatton. Indigenous Cultural Knowledge for Therapeutic Landscape Design. 2021, 1 .
AMA StyleJacqueline McIntosh, Bruno Marques, William Hatton. Indigenous Cultural Knowledge for Therapeutic Landscape Design. . 2021; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJacqueline McIntosh; Bruno Marques; William Hatton. 2021. "Indigenous Cultural Knowledge for Therapeutic Landscape Design." , no. : 1.
The use of technology for social connectivity and achieving engagement goals is increasingly essential to the overall well-being of our rapidly ageing population. While much of the extant literature has focused on home automation and indoor remote health monitoring; there is a growing literature that finds personal health and overall well-being improves when physical activities are conducted outdoors. This study presents a review of possible innovative and assistive eHealth technologies suitable for smart therapeutic and rehabilitation outdoor spaces for older persons. The article also presents key performance metrics required of eHealth technologies to ensure robust, timely and reliable biometric data transfer between patients in a therapeutic landscape environment and respective medical centres. A literature review of relevant publications with a primary focus of integrating sensors and eHealth technologies in outdoor spaces to collect and transfer data from the elderly demographic who engage such built landscapes to appropriate stakeholders was conducted. A content analysis was carried out to synthesize outcomes of the literature review. The study finds that research in assistive eHealth technologies and interfaces for outdoor therapeutic spaces is in its nascent stages and has limited generalisability. The level of technology uptake and readiness for smart outdoor spaces is still developing and is currently being outpaced by the growth of elderly fitness zones in public spaces. Further research is needed to explore those eHealth technologies with interactive feedback mechanisms that are suitable for outdoor therapeutic environments.
Bruno Marques; Jacqueline McIntosh; Alvin Valera; Anuroop Gaddam. Innovative and Assistive eHealth Technologies for Smart Therapeutic and Rehabilitation Outdoor Spaces for the Elderly Demographic. 2021, 1 .
AMA StyleBruno Marques, Jacqueline McIntosh, Alvin Valera, Anuroop Gaddam. Innovative and Assistive eHealth Technologies for Smart Therapeutic and Rehabilitation Outdoor Spaces for the Elderly Demographic. . 2021; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBruno Marques; Jacqueline McIntosh; Alvin Valera; Anuroop Gaddam. 2021. "Innovative and Assistive eHealth Technologies for Smart Therapeutic and Rehabilitation Outdoor Spaces for the Elderly Demographic." , no. : 1.
© 2019, © 2019 European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools (ECLAS). In the context of the highly compact bicultural capital city of Wellington, New Zealand, this paper explores the development of an ecosanctuary initiated by the community. The indigenous flora and fauna was damaged as a result of the introduction of mammalian predators and aggressive plant species when the country was colonized, and through intensive urbanization. The restoration of the indigenous flora and fauna and the reintroduction of birdsong has resulted in a significant increase in commercial ecotourism. This paper explores health and well-being opportunities resulting from seeing the sanctuary through a Māori lens. It examines the phenomenon of Zealandia, where green and blue infrastructures foster emerging ecologies while accommodating visitor services and improving the social, cultural, economic, and environmental health of the city. It finds that the benefits of this compact urban landscape far exceed the original goals of the project and it offers new prospects for health and well-being through intensification by addressing sustainability holistically and including socio-cultural perspectives and initiatives.
Bruno Marques; Jacqueline McIntosh; W Hatton; D Shanahan. Bicultural landscapes and ecological restoration in the compact city: The case of Zealandia as a sustainable ecosanctuary. 2021, 1 .
AMA StyleBruno Marques, Jacqueline McIntosh, W Hatton, D Shanahan. Bicultural landscapes and ecological restoration in the compact city: The case of Zealandia as a sustainable ecosanctuary. . 2021; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBruno Marques; Jacqueline McIntosh; W Hatton; D Shanahan. 2021. "Bicultural landscapes and ecological restoration in the compact city: The case of Zealandia as a sustainable ecosanctuary." , no. : 1.