Wetlands are a critical part of natural environments that offer a wide range of ecosystem
services. In urban areas, wetlands contribute to the livability of cities through improving the …

Ecosystem service research has long been dominated by a monetary interpretation of value,
neglecting other social perspectives on the importance of ecosystems for human well-being …

Urban green spaces contribute to both aesthetic appreciation and health benefits for people.
However, most previous researchers have focused on the effects of urban green spaces on …

Wetlands in urban areas will be crucial to counteract the effects of climate change, for
example, by improving flood protection and regulating local climate. To gain acceptance for …

We introduce here the term “River Culture” to delineate an eco-social approach to mitigate
the biological and cultural diversity crisis in riverscapes. It is based on the insight that current …

In many countries of the Global South, aquatic ecosystems such as streams, rivers, lakes,
and wetlands are severely impacted by several simultaneous environmental stressors …

Conversions of natural ecosystems, eg, from rain forests to managed plantations, result in
significant changes in the hydrological cycle including periodic water scarcity. In Indonesia …

Human welfare depends on the health of nature. Decades of ill-conceived management
practices caused a decline in the quality of human life, as well as in biological and cultural …

The main aim of the article is to provide up‐to‐date knowledge of environmental aesthetics
for an interdisciplinary audience, and to signal the importance of research in this area for …

To improve human well-being, there is increasing awareness of elevating aesthetic benefits
by landscape design, planning, and management. However, which landscape features and …