The human tendency to affiliate with nature, to interact or be closely associated with other forms of life in nature. Biophilic design incorporates natural materials, natural light, vegetation, natural views and involving experience of the natural world in the creation of the modern built environment.
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Urban-Rural Synergy Toward Human Well-Being
Nikola Zoran Furundžić (Furundzic ordinacija, Serbia), Dijana Petar Furundžić (Furundzic ordinacija, Serbia), and Aleksandra Krstić-Furundžić (Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade, Serbia)
Copyright: © 2020
|Pages: 20
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9932-6.ch003
Abstract
The cities are characterized by the rapid development of technologies and the inevitable expansion, which requires looking at ways to address new challenges and overcome the problems that have arisen. Living conditions may vary in many ways, depending on where people live, but the advantages and disadvantages in terms of comfort of human life can be recognized in both urban and rural environments, as analysis of case studies shows. Factors that occur in both areas and affect human life, comfort, and health are presented. The positive effects of rural areas and the advantages that cities have in terms of preserving human health are discussed in this chapter. By comparing the good characteristics of the urban and rural environment, the goal is to indicate some postulates that can be applied in preventive medicine.