HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN MODERN LUNCH LANDSCAPE

the landscape that can be approached during the lunch break is the idea worth exploring. The study sets goal to answer what people do in the landscapes defined as lunch landscapes, what they prefer in such settings, and to explore further implication of modern world, what is different when there are mobile electronic devices involved.

The first part of the study is the literature review. There are four sections to the background knowledge: green space and health, campus landscapes, lunch landscapes, and exploration of the electronic devices. Kellert and Wilson’s Biophilia hypothesis discussed the concept of how humans are involved with nature and will be better surrounded by one. Ulrich’s Psychoevolutionary theory describes that human are healthier with the exposure to nature through studies and experiments, and Kaplan’s offer the Attention Restoration Theory that explains how a human can be more cognitively efficient with recurring those of nature. These basic principles apply to applications such as Ulrich’s Natural Distraction Elements, Attention Restoration elements, and the Reasonable Person Model. The study raises one health issue correlating obesity, stress, and exposure to green space to show the relationship between landscape and health.

Campus landscapes are important to enhance ecological system. It also increases study and job performances, make employees love their jobs, and create better society and environment. The creation of good campus environment produces good society and setting that can contribute to creating healthy campus. Lunch landscape is the landscape where it is less than 0.5 mile, or in walking distance, to food vendor. Among campus landscapes, campus lunch landscapes are an integral part. There is little history recorded about the landscape as a part of lunch settings. However, having lunch landscape on campus are important since it is the time where people take short break from work. Lunch landscape can expose natural elements to those who don’t have time to receive a regular dose of nature. The study also points out that the mobile technology is an integral part of modern technologies. Small devices such as laptop computers, cellular phones, and smart phones can be carried anywhere. The uses of these electronic devices can influence health decisions and behaviors, thus should be corporate in the environmental behavior study.

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