Posts tagged Nature Identity
What Is "Nature"? Rethinking the Self–Nature Relationship Through Nature Identity
What Is "Nature"? Rethinking the Self–Nature Relationship Through Nature Identity

The Nature Identity project develops a new framework for understanding how people come to define, experience, and internalize nature as part of who they are. Our aim is to ground a theory of Nature Identity that can inform how we design built environments where nature is woven into the fabric of everyday life.

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Biophilic Design, OngoingFlora XuNature Identity, Qualitative, Theory, Interviews, Environmental Psychology
What "Nature" Do You Notice? A New Way to Study Nature in Urban Environments
What "Nature" Do You Notice? A New Way to Study Nature in Urban Environments

The Urban Nature Identity Study investigates how the practice of noticing everyday nature shapes wellbeing, connection to nature, and our sense of what nature is. Using a two-week smartphone-based study in partnership with Gehl, we aim to understand how directed noticing and design tools can transform cities into spaces of connection between people, place, and planet.

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Biophilic Design, OngoingFlora XuFlora Xu, Urban Nature, EMA, Photovoice, Nature Identity