Abstract:

Abstract The effects of intensive and unplanned urbanization on environmental resources, urban space, and humans have been discussed in many disciplines. In this context, the interaction between human and the environment makes the physical and psychological health of the human one of the inevitable issues to be addressed in urban design. Especially in the field of environmental psychology, the relationship between human psychology and the environment finds a response in the eco[1]psychology approach in the context of urban problems (Rozsak, 1992). This study aims to investigate the functions and features of the urban space that provide eco-therapy service, which is indicated by the eco[1]psychology approach that seeks the solution of environmental problems to reconnect with nature. In this direction, a systematic literature review was carried out within the 37 articles on the topics of eco-psychology and eco-therapy, the types, features, benefits of therapeutic areas and activities that can be carried out in these places were examined and subjected to discourse analysis. The contributions of the determined benefits, types, features, and activities to the urban design practices and the stages they can be involved in are discussed.

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