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Article Dans Une Revue Landscape and Urban Planning Année : 2017

What kind of landscape management can counteract the extinction of experience?

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Much research has explored the effects of being in natural areas on human health, well-being and environmental concern. However, the combined effects of urbanization, biodiversity loss and the Western way of life reduce the opportunities to experience nature. Landscape management could play a prominent role in providing opportunities and motivation for people to be in nature. It is important, therefore, to understand which kinds of nature people mostly prefer and use. Based on complementary questionnaire surveys obtained from 4639 French adults, we studied the habits of nature uses, in relation to personal previous experiences and nature connectedness. We explored the type and frequency of natural areas people visit most often, the place where they grew up, and the extent to which they feel interdependent with the natural environment. In an innovative process, we assessed the extent to which respondents mentioned a personal place (e.g., my garden), a specific non-personal place (e.g. a particular forest) or remained general (e.g. forests). Among a wide range of cited natural areas, five types predominated, consistently for all samples surveyed. Interestingly, connectedness with nature was negatively related to mentions of place specificity, but positively related to frequency of visits of natural areas. These results clarify the relationship between past and present experiences of nature and sense of connectedness to nature. They can also guide future landscape management processes, in order to better coordinate the provision and the desirability of natural spaces and promote both sustainable landscapes and reconnection of people to nature.
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hal-01405720 , version 1 (30-11-2016)

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Agathe Colléony, Anne-Caroline Prévot, Michel Saint Jalme, Susan Clayton. What kind of landscape management can counteract the extinction of experience?. Landscape and Urban Planning, 2017, 159, pp.23 - 31. ⟨10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.11.010⟩. ⟨hal-01405720⟩
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