Book Review: Health and Natural Landscapes: Concepts and Applications

Abstract

Health and Natural Landscapes: Concepts and Applications (2021) highlights diverse perspectives to understanding relationships with natural landscapes, their health bene- fi ts, and offers future research directions that appeal to stakeholders from various disciplines, professional backgrounds, and expertise. The above culminates in a call for advocacy. Perspectives introduced to document the complex relationship between natural landscapes and health are woven together from diverse disciplines and further juxtaposed with sidebars from guest contributors highlighting this relationship across varied geographical locations. This is a strength of this book as it extends knowledge and ways of relating to natural landscapes beyond Western conceptualiza-tions. This translates to a well-rounded approach to summarizing, exploring, and con-textualizing relationships with natural landscapes and various cultural underpinnings that may shape that dynamic. A prominent nod to the climate crisis renders the contents of this book all the more timely. As such, the aim of this work is not only to expand the reader ’ s familiarity with the topic, but to facilitate a dialogue amongst stakeholders regarding the future of our relationship with our environment as it pertains to health, and ultimately, our planet.