Foley, Ronan
(2015)
Blue space geographies:Enabling health in place.
Health and Place, 35.
pp. 157-165.
ISSN 1353-8292
Abstract
Drawing from research on therapeutic landscapes and relationships between environment,health and
wellbeing, we propose the idea of ‘healthy blue space’ as an important new development Com
plementing research on healthy green space,blue space is defined as; ‘health-enabling places and spaces,
where water is at the centre of arange of environments with identifiable potential for the promotion of
human well being’. Using theoretical ideas from emotional and relational geographies and critical un
derstandings of salutogenesis,the value of blue space to health and well being is recognised and eval
uated. Six individual papers from five different countries consider how health can be enabled in mixed
blue space settings.Four sub-themes;embodiment,inter-subjectivity,activity and meaning,document
multiple experiences within a range of healthy blue spaces.Finally,we suggest a considerable research
agenda – theoretical, methodological and applied – for future work within different forms of blue space.
All are suggested as having public health policy relevance in social and public space
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
Blue space;
Health;
Water;
Therapeutic landscapes;
Enabling place;
Salutogenesis; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Geography |
| Item ID: |
8753 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.07.003 |
| Depositing User: |
Dr. Ronan Foley
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| Date Deposited: |
06 Sep 2017 14:58 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Health and Place |
| Publisher: |
Elsevier |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| URI: |
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| Use Licence: |
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