Extinction of experience: The loss of human-nature interactions

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 94-101

  Soga, Masashi ^a   Gaston, Kevin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PERCEPTION; POLICY MAKING; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RESEARCH WORK; SOCIAL POLICY;

EID: 84959306940     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fee.1225     Document Type: Review

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