Bibliography

These are the varied and incredible resources available regarding Biophilia

TERRAPIN BRIGHT GREEN 

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Related reading:

The Body: A Guide for Occupants Bill Bryson 2019

The Moon by Whale Light: And Other Adventures Among Bats, Penguins, Crocodilians, and Whales, Diane Ackerman 1992

A Natural History of the Senses, Diane Ackerman, 1991

THE NATURE FIX: WHY NATURE MAKES US HAPPIER, HEALTHIER, AND MORE CREATIVE, Florence Williams, 2019

STUDIES: 

A synthesis of health benefits of natural sounds and their distribution in national parks

https://www.pnas.org/content/118/14/e2013097118?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=pmd_QWbYJEBFkSP4Va1E58xk0A5TKxE7ZWj7gnQuYp5.7JA-1632370802-0-gqNtZGzNAeWjcnBszQil

World Happiness Report 2021 https://worldhappiness.report/

Sleep Disorders and Sleep Deprivation: An Unmet Public Health Problem

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20669438/

Association Between Depression and Functional Vision Loss in Persons 20 Years of Age or Older in the United States, NHANES 2005–2008

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3772677/

Kellert S. R., Wilson E. O. (eds.). (1993). The Biophilia Hypothesis. Washington, DC: Island Press

Orr D. W. (1993). Love it or lose it: the coming biophilia revolution, in The Biophilia Hypothesis, eds Kellert S., Wilson E. O. (Washington, DC: Island Press; ), 415-440 [Google Scholar]

Happiness is greater in natural environments

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959378013000575

SHARED FROM TERRAPIN BRIGHTGREEN’S LIST

Nature Inside: A Biophilic Design Guide (Browning & Ryan, 2020), case studies and a toolkit for integrating biophilia into the design process for diverse building types

The Economics of Biophilia (Browning et al., 2015), the business case for biophilic schools, retail, homes, hospitals and communities (2nd edition anticipated in 2020-2021)

A New Pattern Language for Growing Regions (Mehaffy et al., 2020)

Biophilic Design Guidebook (ILFI, 2018), a supplement to the Living Building Challenge v3.1