Understanding Human-Nature Interrelations through Recreational Landscapes
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Landscape Ecology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 1368
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Interests: geography; landscape ecology; remote sensing; geoinformatics; geomorphology; land use change; landscape pattern physical geography; geostatistical analysis; natural hazards
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The relationship between humans and nature is a key topic in landscape scales. On the one hand, in order to develop and improve, human beings transform and exploit natural sources; on the other hand, the destruction of landscape ecology and the induction of natural disasters due to human activities serve a warning that the fundamental ability of human society to achieve sustainable development is determined by our capacity to solve the problem of coexistence and harmony between man and nature.
Recreational activities are the most important ecosystem services, and the recreational landscape is a highly complex social–economic–natural composite ecological environment. It is influenced and controlled by socioeconomic as well as natural elements. The basis for understanding human–nature interrelations is to study recreational practices and activities in, as well as perceptions and experiences of, a given landscape setting.
The aim of this Special Issue is to collect papers (original research articles and review papers) that offer insights into human–nature interrelations through recreational landscapes, with a particular focus on various landscape relationships, human–nature interactions, and the connection between landscape and place.
Within this framework, this Special Issue welcomes the submission of manuscripts that address, but are not limited to, the following themes:
- The evolution and spatiotemporal dynamics of recreational landscape;
- Relational values and landscape conservation;
- The relationship between recreational ecosystem services (res) and local landscape features;
- Nature’s contributions to people at landscape scales;
- Identifying and characterizing social–ecological systems and their changes.
Prof. Dr. Martin Boltiziar
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- human–nature interrelation
- recreational landscape
- ecosystem services
- urban spaces
- land use/cover change;
- social–ecological system
- landscape ecology and conservation
- sustainable planning and management
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