Social-ecological and technological factors moderate the value of urban nature

Nature Sustainability

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 29-38

  Keeler, Bonnie L ^a   Hamel, Perrine ^b   McPhearson, Timon ^c,d,e   Hamann, Maike H ^a   Donahue, Marie L ^a   Meza Prado, Kelly A ^a   Arkema, Katie K ^b,f   Bratman, Gregory N ^f   Brauman, Kate A ^a   Finlay, Jacques C ^a   Guerry, Anne D ^b,f   Hobbie, Sarah E ^a   Johnson, Justin A ^a   MacDonald, Graham K ^g   McDonald, Robert I ^h   Neverisky, Nick ^f   Wood, Spencer A ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER QUALITY;

CONTEXTUAL FACTORS; MENTAL HEALTH; TECHNOLOGICAL FACTORS; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; WELL BEING;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 85059901305     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23989629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41893-018-0202-1     Document Type: Review

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