Migration and Land Use Change in Europe: A Review
In brief: Peer reviewed, open access journal article, first published in Living Reviews in Landscape Research, on work undertaken as part of the PLUREL project focusing on European migration and land use change now and in the future.
Resource type: 49-page, fully-illustrated, full-colour journal article
Format: FREE pdf download, 9.86MB
Publication date: August 2010 (Living Reviews in Landscape Research, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research)
A Critical Review of Research in Landscape and Woodland Perceptions, Aesthetics, Affordances and Experience
In brief: An overview of recent and current research trends and their implications for innovation and good practice in the management of green space. Updates and builds on an earlier Literature Review for the same client (Ward Thompson and Boyd, 1998).
Resource type: 42-page report
Format: FREE pdf download, 310KB
Publication date: December 2009 (Forestry Commission)
Greenspace and quality of life: a critical literature review
In brief: Executive summary, plus full, seven-part report, on a review of recent and current research relating to the links between greenspace and a range of quality of life issues, including: health and wellbeing; social and community value; economic value/impact; environmental value; and planning and design.
Resource type: 75-page report
Format: FREE pdf download, 960KB
Publication date: August 2008 (Greenspace Scotland)
Wild Adventure Space for Young People: Literature Review – Survey of Findings (Document WASYP 1)
In brief: Review, building on work undertaken by Barret and Greenaway in 1995, of literature concerning young people and ‘wild adventure space’, including issues surrounding risk, benefits to individuals and society, future planning and possible barriers.
Resource type: 30-page report
Format: FREE pdf download, 559KB
Publication date: September 2006 (The Countryside Agency, English Nature and Rural Development Service)
Wild Adventure Space for Young People: Individual Reviews (Document WASYP 2)
In brief: Individual reviews of literature concerning young people and ‘wild adventure space’, including issues surrounding risk, benefits to individuals and society, future planning and possible barriers.
Resource type: 251-page report
Format: FREE pdf download, 1.834MB
Publication date: September 2006 (The Countryside Agency, English Nature and Rural Development Service)
Black and Minority Ethnic Groups and Public Open Space (literature review)
In brief: Five-part literature review addressing issues such as ethnicity and exclusion, barriers to participation and strategies for increasing participation by black and minority ethnic groups.
Resource type: 38-page report
Format: FREE pdf download, 145KB
Publication date: July 2003 (Nina Morris / OPENspace)
Black and Minority Ethnic Groups and Public Open Space (individual reviews)
In brief: Individual reviews of literature addressing issues such as ethnicity and exclusion, barriers to participation and strategies for increasing participation by black and minority ethnic groups.
Resource type: 112-page report
Format: FREE pdf download, 323KB
Publication date: July 2003 (Nina Morris / OPENspace)
Teenagers and Public Space (literature review)
In brief: Full review of literature on teenagers and public space, addressing issues such as young people’s perceptions of their local environment, crime, vandalism, curfews, skateboarding and exclusion from public space.
Resource type: 26-page report
Format: FREE pdf download, 127KB
Publication date: July 2003 (Penny Travlou / OPENspace)
Health, Well-being and Open Space (literature review)
In brief: Individual reviews of literature addressing health, well-being and open space, particularly open-air recreation and the economic, environmental and health benefits of natural open space and green space.
Resource type: 40-page report
Format: FREE pdf download, 174KB
Publication date: July 2003 (Nina Morris / OPENspace)
Health, Well-being and Open Space (individual reviews)
In brief: Individual reviews of literature addressing health, well-being and open space, particularly open-air recreation and the economic, environmental and health benefits of natural open space and green space.
Resource type: 62-page report
Format: FREE pdf download, 267KB
Publication date: July 2003 (Nina Morris / OPENspace)
Review of Research in Landscape and Woodland Perceptions, Aesthetics and Experience (literature review)
In brief: Full review of literature on landscape perceptions, especially those of forests and woodlands; and landscape aesthetics, especially those of forests and woodlands and the experience of being in them.
Resource type: 12-page report
Format: FREE pdf download, 135KB
Publication date: May 1998 (Catharine Ward Thompson and Fiona Boyd for Forestry Commission)
Review of Research in Landscape and Woodland Perceptions, Aesthetics and Experience (individual reviews)
In brief: Individual reviews of literature addressing landscape perceptions, especially those of forests and woodlands; and landscape aesthetics, especially those of forests and woodlands and the experience of being in them.
Resource type: 86-page report
Format: FREE pdf download, 684KB
Publication date: May 1998 (Catharine Ward Thompson and Fiona Boyd for Forestry Commission)