We live in a human-dominated world and the pace and scale of changes to the biosphere,
from climate change to landuse change, are staggering. Accelerated socio-economic …

To develop and apply goals for future sustainability, we must consider what people care
about and what motivates them to engage in solving sustainability issues. Sense of place …

This article identifies opportunities and challenges to using sense of place as motivation for
long-term stewardship at multiple spatial scales in a rapidly changing world. Sense of place …

The fundamental point of this paper is that constructs such as system identity stability and
changes (tips, transitions, transformations from one identity to another), are subjectively …

To ensure that cities and urban ecosystems support human wellbeing and overall quality of
life we need conceptual frameworks that can connect different scientific disciplines as well …

We argue that the ways in which we as humans derive well-being from nature–for example
by harvesting firewood, selling fish or enjoying natural beauty–feed back into how we …

Sense of place holds promise to understand how people perceive and respond to social and
ecological change; however, using this concept to explore vulnerability and adaptation first …

Highlights•Insights from relational thinking in landscape research can contribute to refining
'relational values'.•The diverse way of valuing nature links to the diversity in how people …

This chapter tackles the political dimension of place satisfaction, both as a psychological
experience and as a conceptual approach to people-place bonds in environmental …

Assessing the cultural benefits provided by non-market ecosystem services can contribute
previously unknown information to supplement conservation decision-making. The concept …