Numerous studies have highlighted the physical and mental health benefits of contact with nature, typically in landscapes characterized by plants (ie,“greenspace”) and water …
Abstract Changes in land systems generate many sustainability challenges. Identifying more sustainable land-use alternatives requires solid theoretical foundations on the causes of …
Sustainability science recognises the need to fully incorporate cultural and emotional dimensions of environmental change to understand how societies deal with and shape …
Social-ecological systems (SES) are complex adaptive systems. Social-ecological system phenomena, such as regime shifts, transformations, or traps, emerge from interactions …
Highlights•Relational values, such as care, animate stewardship action.•Care is emergent from social-ecological relations.•Care is embodied and practiced.•Care is situated and …
Over the past 40 years, the sense of place concept has been well-established across a range of applications and settings; however, most theoretical developments have “privileged …
The ability of individuals and groups to identify, assess, and pursue alternative possible futures is an essential component of their ability to deliberately and collectively respond to …
Current sustainability challenges–including biodiversity loss, pollution and land-use change– require new ways of understanding, acting in and caring for the landscapes we live in. The …
Social-ecological systems (SES) research offers new theory and evidence to transform sustainable development to better contend with the challenges of the Anthropocene. Four …