The influence of landscape change on multiple dimensions of human–nature connectedness
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The influence of landscape change on multiple dimensions of human–nature connectedness. / Riechers, Maraja; Balázsi, Ágnes; Abson, David J. et al.
in: Ecology and Society, Jahrgang 25, Nr. 3, 3, 01.09.2020, S. 1-12.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
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T1 - The influence of landscape change on multiple dimensions of human–nature connectedness
AU - Riechers, Maraja
AU - Balázsi, Ágnes
AU - Abson, David J.
AU - Fischer, Joern
N1 - We thank the interviewees for their collaboration. This research is supported by the Volkswagenstiftung and the Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur (grant A112269). This research draws on work undertaken in a large transdisciplinary research project (Leverage Points for Sustainability Transformation). The authors acknowledge and thank all project members for their ideas and input in the early stages of this work, even where they are not listed as authors. Full details of project members and their research are available at https://leveragepoints.org. Author A. B. has also contributed to a project supported by the Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research and Innovation (CCCDI-UEFISCDI): ERA-FACCE-STACCATO-3 (BiodivERsA-FACCE2014-47).
PY - 2020/9/1
Y1 - 2020/9/1
N2 - Human–nature connectedness is hailed as a potential remedy for the current sustainability crisis, yet it is also deeply affected by it. Here, we perform a comprehensive assessment of human–nature connectedness that includes material, experiential, cognitive, emotional, and philosophical dimensions. We show that these dimensions of human–nature connectedness are strongly interlinked, especially via emotional and experiential connectedness. Our findings showcase a cross-country comparison of four focal landscapes in Transylvania, Romania and Lower Saxony, Germany, which represent gradients from minor and gradual to relatively major and rapid landscape change. Based on content analysis of 73 in-depth interviews, we show that landscape change was seen by the interviewees to have a strong, and often negative, influence on multiple dimensions of human–nature connectedness. Focusing only on isolated dimensions of human–nature connectedness could inadvertently exacerbate the sustainability crisis because unawareness about relationships between dimensions of connectedness may lead to false predictions regarding policy implications.
AB - Human–nature connectedness is hailed as a potential remedy for the current sustainability crisis, yet it is also deeply affected by it. Here, we perform a comprehensive assessment of human–nature connectedness that includes material, experiential, cognitive, emotional, and philosophical dimensions. We show that these dimensions of human–nature connectedness are strongly interlinked, especially via emotional and experiential connectedness. Our findings showcase a cross-country comparison of four focal landscapes in Transylvania, Romania and Lower Saxony, Germany, which represent gradients from minor and gradual to relatively major and rapid landscape change. Based on content analysis of 73 in-depth interviews, we show that landscape change was seen by the interviewees to have a strong, and often negative, influence on multiple dimensions of human–nature connectedness. Focusing only on isolated dimensions of human–nature connectedness could inadvertently exacerbate the sustainability crisis because unawareness about relationships between dimensions of connectedness may lead to false predictions regarding policy implications.
KW - Ecosystems Research
KW - Landscape sustainability science
KW - Social-ecological systems
KW - Environmental planning
KW - Agricultural intensification
KW - Smallholder farming
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U2 - 10.5751/ES-11651-250303
DO - 10.5751/ES-11651-250303
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:85087685941
VL - 25
SP - 1
EP - 12
JO - Ecology and Society
JF - Ecology and Society
SN - 1708-3087
IS - 3
M1 - 3
ER -