Healing Gardens as an Environmental Factor to be Fit

Abstract

It is known that throughout his history human being has used the nature for different aims to keep his fitness. It is possible to define gardens that are the part of the nature as the secure areas that people choose for recreation, entertainment, active or passive activities. Advanced engineering and technology and overpopulation have caused an understanding of dense urbanisation. In these cities very far from the nature and where mostly concrete is revalent, people are exposed to the psychological disorders such as depression which is said to be the plague of our age. Today many authors have researched the contributions of an environment that is natural or designed naturally on the health and found considerable important evidence. The aim of this study is to review the papers dealing with the favourable effects of the health gardens and their design factors on the children treated in the rehabilitation centres, the old in the charity houses and psychologically treated patients in hospitals and their social lives; and to interpret the outcomes of these studies.

Keywords

• Healing gardens, horticultural theraphy, outdoor space

Sağlık Bulma Yönünde Çevresel Bir Etken Olarak İyileştirme Bahçeleri

Öz

Tarih boyunca insanların doğayı sağlık bulma yönünde çeşitli amaçlarla kullandığı bilinmektedir. Doğanın bir parçası olan bahçeyi; insanların dinlenmek, eğlenmek, kendilerini iyi hissetmek, aktif veya pasif aktivitelerde bulunmak için seçtikleri güvenilir alanlar olarak tanımlamak olasıdır. İlerleyen mühendislik ve teknoloji, artan nüfus yoğun bir şehircilik anlayışını da beraberinde getirmiştir. Tabiattan gittikçe uzaklaşan, daha çok betonun hakim olduğu bu şehirlerde insanlar çağın vebası olarak kabul edilen depresyon ve buna bağlı bir çok psikolojik rahatsızlıklara maruz kalmışlardır. Günümüzde birçok bilim adamı doğal veya düzenlenmiş çevrenin sağlıklı kalma ve iyileşme üzerine katkılarını araştırmakta olup bu konuda önemli sonuçlara ulaşılmıştır. Bu çalışmanın amacı rehabilitasyon merkezlerinde tedavi edilen zihinsel ve fiziksel özürlü çocukların, huzurevlerinde kalan yaşlıların ve hastanelerde tedavi gören hastaların psikolojik ve fiziksel sağlıkları ile sosyal yaşantıları üzerine sağlık bahçelerinin olumlu etkilerini ve bu etkilerin oluşmasındaki tasarım ilkelerinin belirlenmesini konu alan araştırmaları incelemek ve bu araştırmaların sonuçlarını ortaya koymaya çalışmaktır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• iyileştirme bahçeleri, bitkisel terapi, açık alan

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