Denise Hewlett, University of Winchester - Landscapes for Life Conference 2016
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Landscapes for Life - Conference 2016 Sharing, Learning, Inspiring Tuesday 28th June - Thursday 30th June 2016 - Newport, Shropshire
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- 1. Value of Tranquillity to Health & Well Being Denise Hewlett University of Winchester & ESRC Denise.hewlett@winchester.ac.uk
- 2. Links ! Tranquillity Contributes to mental and physical well being Mental and physical Wellbeing Contributes to inner sense of tranquillity
- 5. Distinctions and similarities Tranquillity • Senses • State of mind – peace • Effect on body • Effect on Feel good factor • In Urban or rural (and coastal) • Antithesis - mankind • Individual • Subjective Well being • Senses • State of mind – peace • Physical • Effect on ‘Feel good’ factor • Urban or rural (and coastal) • Antithesis - not necessarily related to mankind • Individual • Subjective • Collective – family, society, economy
- 6. Value - increasing proof! • Effect of tranquillity and wellbeing on i.e.: – Elderly patients – Dementia (Stepping into Nature!) – Depression – Pain (tranquillity or tranquillisers) – OCD (Mediation vs Medication) • Tourism and Leisure opps • Conservation - planning
- 7. Value… • “Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into the trees. The winds blow their freshness into you and the storms their energy, while cares drop off you like autumn leaves.” • John Muir
- 8. But how do you pin down tranquillity and well being? • How identify when they are so personal? • What is normal? What is benchmark and who decides this? Whose views count? • And when you have identified them, how do you create, monitor and evaluate the impacts/benefits? • Why do it? And if you do, what funds resources can help or even progress your projects for you?
- 10. BETP study area
- 11. Enhancements 1. All local and most recent data used – topographical and householders 2. Land and Coastal dimension (inclusive of ‘urban’ areas) 3. Increased resolution from 500x500 m (250m) to 5mx5m! 4. All models and maps directly informed by participants’ 5. Practical calculations for use by local governing officers
- 13. GIS workflow and filtering Normalise tranquility indices Obtain digital data From project partners, Edina etc Build GIS project Using ArcGIS 10.1 Model tranquility indices e.g. cost surface, viewshed Combine tranquility indices by votes Models
- 14. Tranquillity - Dorset Tranquil • What could be seen • What could be heard • What was experienced • Perceived • Natural environment – Water, trees/woods, open spaces • Mankind features Non tranquil • See, hear and experience anything manmade – – Traffic – Infrastructure – Industry – Other people and children! Esp.visitors • Safety • ‘Bad habits’
- 15. Householders - features selected by respondents - % order of popularity Tranquil Feature: % of respondents Natural environment and sounds 88.2% Large Open Spaces 75.9% Few People around especially in the countryside 71.1% Able to see the coastline and hear the sea 66.1% Features that are in keeping with the Purbeck landscape’ e.g. villages, nature, open space, cultural heritage 57.1% Other* 19.3% Total Views - 1726 Non tranquil Feature: % of respondents Noise pollution (man-made) 74% Holiday season and feeling of being overcrowded: amount of people, cars, traffic jams 67.8% Man-made infrastructure and built up areas 67.3% Seaside noise(people, loud music, cars, jet skis and power boats) 59.2% Litter and fly tipping 57.1% Other* 22.3% Total 1588
- 16. Visitors – experiences and perceptions Tranquil Top ranked Topics 1.Views and landscape 2.Peace and quiet 3. Sea and seascape 4. Countryside and rural features 5 Nature and wildlife 5 Other : safety – unspoilt nature experiences – sense of space – village life – friendliness – peaceful people - opp to be myself! Non-Tranquil Top ranked Topics 1.Traffic 2.Crowds 3. man-made noise 4. Other 5 shops 5 Pace and stress
- 17. Distinctive views and feelings! Governing Bodies and Residents
- 18. Where you live ….. • ‘How could anyone think this is not a tranquil place!?’ – Visitor 31 – on Studland Beach 31st August. Origin London. • ‘its turning into a disney area – losing tranquillity and peace that the visitors come for!’ – Resident – F – Harmons Cross, Purbeck Dorset.
- 19. Practical use & funds • AONB Management Plans • Dark Skies Strategies • Green Infrastructure • Consultations – evidence base: • distinctive views = implications for breadth and depth of consultation. • NPPF – 77 & 123 – Local planning – Urban areas • Wellbeing strategies i.e zones, access, safety and way marking – identifying/designating ‘special ‘areas. • Visitor Management and Promotion • Transferability to alternative areas • Implementation of Environmental Noise Directive (END) • Research Grants – Participatory workshop RGS • Health • Women • Arts • Natural environment – Integrated land management and business • Community – partnership opportunities – Knowledge Exchange – Elderly – Young
- 20. Contact Denise Hewlett FRGS Denise.hewlett@winchester.ac.uk Mobile: 07515191366 Office: 01962 826360
Editor's Notes
- – washing up and drawing strings together Key note – Beauty of AoNBS when turmoil in the country and business as usual needed perhaps more than ever! Part of that beauty is the tranquil space experienced by residents, managed by governing bodies/insitutitons and perceived/anticipated to be experienced by visitors Part of well being is the tranquility offered by AONBS and National Parks and green spaces in urban areas……. so just how important is tranquillity and does it effect well being?................. Lots of cross overs – tranquillity and well being so closely linked! Some of which cover will have already been covered some new on tranquillity and well being
- Asked today to speak on value of tranquillity to health and well being Will take value shortly but purely taking tranquillity and wellbeing….. Interesting focus – two concepts -highly complex, comprised multiple aspects, require interdisciplinary study, but are closely linked – sense of interdependence amongst the two – at the most basic level we assume that well being and tranquillity exist somewhere out there or inside ourselves - characteristics on the 2 further assert a variety of components they are generally considered to comprise so for example tranquillity = natural environments, no man made noise etc and well being = good physical health and positive state of mind.
- Also a relatively generally accepted view point that they each are perceived subjectively, though there will be similar traits - Highly personal As to what is or not tranquil and to how that situation makes you feel, physically , emotionally and in turn the effect this has on our health and even argued in terms of how it affects our thoughts!
- There are commonly agreed similarities and whilst fewer, distinctions
- Whilst recognised for decades, increasing interest in wellbeing for human sake, but also linked to business, economics and politics – Foresight report mental wellbeing directly linked to mental capital and in turn, economy Economic value and tourism – spend in the countryside <3 billion – Visit Britain 2008 & the Tourism Society Value of achieving tranquil spaces to natural enviornmnt - conservation strategies and identifying tranquil spaces in turn, implementing NPPF!
- Intrinsic value summed up by Muir
- Aimed to pin down tranquillity as contributor to well being through collating wide range of views then converting them into GIS models and maps - Based o original CPRE 03 studies – 13-15 BETP financed by ESRC and in partnership with DCC and DAONB To help support decisions taken in the DAONB in relation to development and conservation balance. Represented some key progressions a) the most broadest and deepest study on tranquillity to date that resulted in b) the biggest consultation in Dorset to date, possibly the south as a consultation of its kind But what was also progressed, to engage more broadly than ever before with all local constituents (noting subjectivity of the term) and inclusive of visitors to the case area of Purbecks
- In so doing, More than 9,600 views in total were collated through 4 research stages in total comprising fewer than 1,000 participants of which 55% were modelled – 2 series of focus groups, household survey, visitor onsite survey.
- More views on tranquillity than non tranquillity overall
- Peace – more than half of the free views conveyed!
- Ultimately the models discerned obvious distinctions
- Further insight amongst visitors dependant on where they had come from in comparison with residents