Nature to place: Rethinking the environmental connectedness perspective

Beery, T. H.Kristianstad University, Man and Biosphere Health, Kristianstad, Sweden,Man and Biosphere Health (MABH) (författare)

Nature to place : Rethinking the environmental connectedness perspective

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Correspondence Address: Beery, T.H.; Kristianstad University, Man and Biosphere Health, Kristianstad, Sweden; email: thomas.beery@hkr.se
The environmental connectedness perspective posits that direct encounter with generalized, or non-specific "nature," leads to environmental connectedness and subsequent pro-environmental behavior. This article examines this perspective and proposes a place-based application of the nature encounter-environmental behavior relation. An empirical study using data from a national survey on outdoor recreation and nature-based tourism is presented. Results show a minimal relationship between measures of environmental connectedness and self-reports of environmental behavior. The following examination of the environmental connectedness perspective reveals that environmental connectedness is rooted in a material/objective perspective, neglecting the human domain of perceptions, values, and representations. The environment as "nature" is portrayed as a geographically undefined agent with the inherent power to change human attitudes and behavior. Based on this, the article concludes with a proposed replacement of the elusive concept of nature for the relational concept of place. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.

Wolf-Watz, DanielMittuniversitetet,Avdelningen för turismvetenskap och geografi,Mid Sweden University(Swepub:miun)danwol (författare)
Kristianstad University, Man and Biosphere Health, Kristianstad, SwedenMan and Biosphere Health (MABH) (creator_code:org_t)

Ingår i:Journal of Environmental PsychologyAmsterdam : Elsevier BV40, s. 198-2050272-49441522-9610

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