| Title |
Forests and urban green spaces as a comprehensive framework for enhancing holistic health and promoting sustainable wellbeing |
| Authors |
Gurauskienė, Inga ; Kliaugaitė, Daina |
| ISBN |
9786099648507 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
6th international congress ISFT “Forest and its potential for health”, 18-20 September 2024, Druskininkai, Lithuania: international congress proceedings.. Ginduliai, Klaipėdos raj. : Association “Gyvo Žalio”, 2024. p. 16.. ISBN 9786099648507 |
| Keywords [eng] |
sustainable wellbeing ; one health ; green spaces ; forest |
| Abstract [eng] |
The most common understanding of the wellbeing is based on the personal quality of life expressed as the state of feeling healthy and happy. However, it is closely related to self-sufficiency and consumerism, oriented to the egocentric approach. That is opposite to the paradigm of sustainability which is oriented to the long-lasting ability and responsibility to live in a healthy environment. Meanwhile the World Health Organization (WHO) determine well-being as the expression of the quality of life and the personal, community abilities to contribute to the world with a sense of meaning and purpose. The interlinkage of social, environmental, cultural and technological issues increases the complexity of the topic, but it leads to the holistic approach towards sustainable wellbeing, based on one health principle and systematic approach. This presentation describes the urban green spaces and forests as the comprehensive framework for creating healthier and more sustainable communities. The results of the research of multifunctional urban green spaces are based on the multicriteria analysis, analysis of ecosystem services and life cycle approach. It visualizes how the integrity of different aspects helps to create the green spaces according to the needs of local communities and having the ability to increase the resilience to global challenges. The forests and other natural ecosystems and it's impact to sustainable wellbeing have been started to be analysed in the SWEPPP project with the main goal to develop the education material on the topic of Planetary wellbeing as one of the core pillars of sustainable wellbeing paradigm. The outcomes show that the personal and planetary wellbeing are not contradictive ones, but complementing each other as the expression of human responsibility towards sustainability and long lasting well-being. |
| Published |
Ginduliai, Klaipėdos raj. : Association “Gyvo Žalio”, 2024 |
| Type |
Conference paper |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2024 |
| CC license |
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