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DESCRIPTION:Contact with natural environments clearly benefits individuals
 ’ physical and mental wellbeing. It is unclear\, however\, how built env
 ironments meant to facilitate contact with nature––trails\, lookout to
 wers\, benches\, and bridges––contribute to the benefits of contact wi
 th nature. Many natural areas such as national parks make substantial inve
 stments in facilities\, but the effects of these facilities is not well kn
 own. To address this knowledge gap\, we collected self-response questionna
 ires from 73 visitors to two natural areas\, a green fort and a national p
 ark\, in the Netherlands. Furthermore\, we equipped each of these visitors
  with a wearable wristband to measure skin conductance\, a proxy for emoti
 onal arousal\, over the course of their visit\, and a smartphone to track 
 their location using GPS. Using QGIS\, we distinguished between visitors w
 ith higher and lower levels of wellbeing benefit from their visits\, and v
 isualized their skin conductance over each natural area\, overlaid on land
  cover and built structure layers. This visualization uncovered where visi
 tors with lower and higher wellbeing benefit became emotional. These findi
 ngs have implications for the design of built structures and facilities in
  natural areas. Specifically\, facilities that are aimed at continuously u
 nfolding experiences\, such as trails and bridges\, should be managed for 
 low emotional arousal. On the other hand\, facilities that aim for peak mo
 ments of awe and overview effects\, such as towers and scenic overlooks\, 
 should be designed to raise emotional arousal.
DTSTAMP:20260414T222716Z
LOCATION:B320
SUMMARY:Mapping emotional arousal in nature - Ondrej Mitas
URL:https://talks.staging.osgeo.org/qgis-uc2024/talk/PFLTAK/
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