Contrasting effects of visiting urban green-space and the countryside on biodiversity knowledge and conservation support.

Conservation policy frequently assumes that increasing people's exposure to green-space enhances their knowledge of the natural world and desire to protect it. Urban development is, however, considered to be driving declining connectedness to nature. Despite this the evidence base supporting th...

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Main Authors: Deborah F Coldwell, Karl L Evans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5363982?pdf=render