This book draws on the relationship between culture and the environment and its connection with health and well-being and explores specific Indigenous cultural and social dimensions of well-being. The chapters feature case studies, theoretical and application-based research, and photo essays.

Foreword Introduction Part 1. Socially and Culturally Responsive Environments – Theory 1. Healing Environments, Spatial Perception and Social Inclusion 2. The Social Production of Therapeutic Environments—Networks, Assemblages, Green and Blue Spaces, and Healthcare Spaces 3. Culture in Health and Well-Being 4. Health and Therapeutic Environments 5. Sense of Place and Sense of Belonging in Developing Culturally Appropriate Therapeutic Environments 6. Engaging the Land with Healing Part 2. Socially and Culturally Responsive Environments – Case Studies 7. Therapeutic Landscapes of Stillness 8. We Can Only Travel a Short Way Together 9. Nature, Well-Being, and Trauma-Informed Design: Reframing the Landscape through the Lens of Neuroscience 10. Reclaiming Space through Indigenous-Led Design: Indigenous Design Studio at Brook McIlroy, Canada 11. Evidence-Based Biophilic Healing Garden Design: A Case in China 12. Oxigen, Australia: Practice-Based Research 13. Urban Greenery for Health: Sensory Gardens and Improved Well-Being 14. Building on Tradition and Envisioning New Futures: Indigenous Spatial Practices for Health and Well-Being 15. Therapeutic Implications of Gardening: Hermann Hesse’s Garden 16. Person-Place Interactions: Landscape Choreographies of Self-Regulation 17. Two Row, Canada: Practice-Based Research 18. Promoting Healthy and Age-Friendly Communities: Challenges for Urban Planning and Design in Estonia 19. The Power of Place-Making: Community-Led Interventions for Healthier Cities 20. Designing Healthy and Sustainable Landscapes in All Contexts: Healing Environments from Around the World Part 3. The Language of Therapeutic Environments 21. Designing Therapeutic Environments