A literature review of connectedness to nature and its potential for environmental management

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 159, Issue , 2015, Pages 264-278

  Restall, Brian ^a   Conrad, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

Author keywords

Connectedness to nature; Environmental management; Literature review; Nature relatedness; Spatial mapping

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONSERVATION; MAPPING;

'CURRENT; CONNECTEDNESS TO NATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MANAGEMENT GOALS; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; NATURE RELATEDNESS; SPATIAL MAPPING; STATES OF KNOWLEDGE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; LITERATURE REVIEW; PROTECTED AREA; RELATEDNESS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; VISUALIZATION;

BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CODING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONNECTEDNESS TO NATURE; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; NATURAL SCIENCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SCOPUS; ATTITUDE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PROCEDURES; RESEARCH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ATTITUDE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; RESEARCH;

EID: 84937978518     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.05.022     Document Type: Review

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