eprintid: 3871
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datestamp: 2022-07-13 06:25:54
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type: thesis
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creators_name: Pandu Pratama, Kharisma
creators_id: S3925579
creators_email: k.p.pratama@student.rug.nl
title: Accessibility to a Diversity of Therapeutic Landscapes & the Restoration of University Students Mental Health in Groningen: A Qualitative Geo-Narrative Study
ispublished: unpub
full_text_status: public
abstract: For university student cities like Groningen, the presence of healing landscapes, in-which this research identifies as ‘therapeutic landscapes’ can aid students who are experiencing mental health problems stemming from negative influences from university academic and social life. Through the capability approach, the aim of this article is to explore the perceived barriers university students experience on their mental health and well-being, but also how this can be restored through the accessibility and diversity of therapeutic landscapes. The study incorporates in-depth interviews, maptionnaires and walking interviews with in-situ photographs to establish intricate place-based narratives. Based on the results, accessibility to diverse landscapes is not only from the perspective of actual distance, but also from the ability of therapeutic mobility and can also be enhanced through sitting areas. Moreover, therapeutic landscapes also enable restorative time through various passive and active interactions that overall also strengthens the individual’s sense of place. The paper also concludes with implications for mixed-method and longitudinal research and incorporating the capability approach along with therapeutic landscapes in future planning practices.
date: 2022
pages: 22
thesis_type: bachelor
degree_programme: SGP
tutors_name: Haisma, H.H.
tutors_name: Vogt, T.C.
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Basiseenheid Demografie
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Basiseenheid Demografie
tutors_email: H.H.Haisma@rug.nl
tutors_email: T.C.Vogt@rug.nl
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keywords_local: Therapeutic Landscapes
keywords_local: Mental Health & Well-being
keywords_local: University Students
keywords_local: Capability Approach
keywords_local: Restorative Time
keywords_local: Sense of Place
keywords_local: Accessibility
keywords_local: Geo-narratives
language_iso: en
agreed_repository: yes
date_issued: 2022-07-12
citation:   Pandu Pratama, Kharisma  (2022) Accessibility to a Diversity of Therapeutic Landscapes & the Restoration of University Students Mental Health in Groningen: A Qualitative Geo-Narrative Study.  Bachelor thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3871/1/BachelorProject_KharismaPanduPratamaS3925579_FinalVersion.pdf