From environmental connectedness to sustainable futures: Topophilia and human affiliation with nature

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 8837-8854

  Beery, Thomas ^a   Ingemar Jonsson K ^a   Elmberg, Johan ^a  

^a KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Affiliation; Biophilia; Human evolution; Multifunctional landscape management; Place; Sustainability; Topophilia

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; CULTURAL IDENTITY; GENETIC RESOURCE; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; HUMAN EVOLUTION; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; LITERATURE REVIEW; PSYCHOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84938309773     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su7078837     Document Type: Article

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