The conservation and tourism development of World Heritage (WH) sites has always been a
key and urgent scientific issue to be solved urgently by academia and industry all over the …

In recent decades, research on ecosystem services and ecological compensation has
increasingly become a focal area in ecological research in the face of the degrading …

This paper offers new insight into the monetary value of green space at the intra-urban level.
To this end, an established monetary valuation method, hedonic price analysis, is integrated …

The socio-ecological nexus underlie the economic and cultural importance of ecosystems,
especially for tribal communities in developing countries. The nexus are critical for the …

The ecosystem services framework aims to encourage ecological sustainability through
political-economic decisions. However, it fails to capture the complexity of social–ecological …

Abstract Spaces for play in children's daily-life are essential for their development. However,
planning in most cities is limitedly aware of children's needs for playable-spaces. This study …

There is only a finite amount of land, which is why the decision to allow a particular land use
often results in a trade-off with other potential land uses. Traditionally, trade-offs have been …

Managing public lands to maximize societal benefits requires spatially explicit
understanding of societal valuation, and public participation geographic information systems …

As a result of globalization of markets and increasing marine traffic, more than 130
introduced species have so far been recorded in the Wadden Sea. This unique coastal area …

Research about the relations between protected areas and local communities ranges from
nature-centred to human-centred approaches. Differing epistemic worldviews and …