Brian Restall|Elisabeth Conrad
A literature review of connectedness to nature and its potential for environmental management
University of Malta|University of Malta
understanding peoples relationships nature form influence personal values attitudes behavioural implications may could provide insight connectedness nature cnt effectively contribute environmental management goals paper undertakes review literature published past decade 20022011 scopus describes current state knowledge regarding cnt assesses efforts towards spatial mapping cnt environmental management identifies measures cnt defined broader literature review suggests quite overlap literature cnt concepts effort needs made towards multidisciplinary research explores cnt useful environmental planning conservation research field also corroborates need relevance applying social affective strategies promote conservation behaviour main progress cnt theory seems made development measurement tools clear strong convergent validity amongst different measures due similarity functional associations efforts towards exploration multidimensional measures recommended since consistently stand showing better results geographic visualisation cnt constructs another area research deserves attention since provide unique point view towards guiding participatory protected area planning management