Q-methodology is a mixed qualitative-quantitative method used to measure social
perspectives on issues relating to sustainability and environmental governance in a …

Highlights•We identify a discrete number of human-nature relational models.•This approach
stresses the importance of cognitive frameworks in environmental valuation.•Relational …

Socio-environmental conflicts are manifestations of disputes regarding nature or
disagreements over the distribution of costs and benefits resulting from nature's …

Environmental land use conflicts are uses of the land that ignore soil capability. In this study,
environmental land use conflicts were investigated in mainland Portugal, using Partial Least …

Subjectivity is ubiquitous and implies perspectives that range in scope from the
intrapersonal (as in individual musings and daydreams) to the intercultural (as in …

The appearance of land-use conflicts represents one of the expressions of the increasing
human pressure on the environment, especially in complex metropolitan areas. We used a …

Deliberative processes are increasingly advocated as means to handle intractable natural
resource management (NRM) conflicts. Research shows that disputing actors can deliberate …

Land-use conflicts are complex disputes that involve heterogeneous parties as well as
environmental and social impacts that are often difficult to resolve. The measures and …

Abstract Knowledge of fire behaviour is of key importance in forest management. In the
present study, we analysed the spatial structure of forest fire with spatial point pattern …

Trail-based recreation is a popular use of public forests in the United States, and four types
are common: all-terrain vehicle (ATV) riding, mountain biking, hiking, and horseback riding …