Nowadays, people seem to spend most of their time indoor
working with various technologies. This may result in chronic
stress and inability to relax. High stress levels need to be treated
and managed using stress management techniques. Generally,
people spend their times in quiet places to help them relax and
cope with the hassle of modern busy life style.
Many studies have proved that spending time at relaxing places
can relieve stress. For example, Stigsdotter [20] and Kohlleppel
et al. [9] have shown that nature and gardens have a positive
impact on stress. In addition, Korpela et al. [10] showed that a
large number of people feel relaxed and their stress level
decreases at places such as, cafe, library, and zoo. In this paper,
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