In an increasingly urbanizing world, governments and international corporations strive to
increase the productivity of cities, recognized as economy growth hubs, as well as ensuring …

People have been bringing plants into residential and other indoor settings for centuries, but
little is known about their psychological effects. In the present article, we critically review the …

The COVID‐19 pandemic and its global response have resulted in unprecedented and rapid
changes to most people's day‐to‐day lives. To slow the spread of the virus, governments …

Nature‐Based Solutions (NBS) are solutions to societal challenges that are inspired and
supported by nature. The European Commission requested the EKLIPSE project to help …

Principles of lean office management increasingly call for space to be stripped of extraneous
decorations so that it can flexibly accommodate changing numbers of people and different …

This research studied possible benefits of indoor plants on attention capacity in a controlled
laboratory experiment. Participants were 34 students randomly assigned to one of two …

Humans have a close relationship with nature, and so integrating the nature world into
indoor space could effectively increase people's engagement with nature, and this in turn …

There is longstanding belief that vegetation encourages crime as it can conceal criminal
activity. Other studies, however, have shown that urban residential areas with well …

This study investigated the effects of natural elements and direct and indirect sunlight
exposure on employee mental health and work attitudes. We recruited participants via an …

As the world continues to urbanize, identifying and implementing new urban development
models and strategies is necessary to face sustainable development challenges. To this …