How deep is your love – Of nature? A psychological and spatial analysis of the depth of feelings towards Dutch nature areas

Applied Geography

Volumn 77, Issue , 2016, Pages 38-48

  Davis, Nora ^a   Daams, Michiel ^b   van Hinsberg, Arjen ^c   Sijtsma, Frans ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emotion; Hotspots; Natural landscapes; Nature policy; Soft GIS

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; EUROPEAN UNION; GIS; LANDSCAPE; PSYCHOLOGY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84994048395     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2016.09.012     Document Type: Article

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