Approaches and concepts nurturing interdisciplinary knowledge on urban ecosystems have
evolved over recent decades and adopted a series of metaphors, including Ecosystem …

Study of the impacts of biological invasions, a pervasive component of global change, has
generated remarkable understanding of the mechanisms and consequences of the spread …

The most recognized definition of the circular economy is that it is a restorative and
regenerative economy. Despite the wide use and importance attributed to the concepts of …

The increasingly rapid destruction of the ecological systems that support life is calling into
question some of the fundamental stories that we live by: stories of unlimited economic …

Human perceptions of nature and the environment are increasingly being recognised as
important for environmental management and conservation. Understanding people's …

Abstract 'Soil health'has become a dominant, pervasive phrase in soil and environmental
sciences. But despite its ubiquity, the concept remains elusively ambiguous, largely because …

The role of values in scientific research has become an important topic of discussion in both
scholarly and popular debates. Pundits across the political spectrum worry that research on …

This paper explores spiritual and aesthetic cultural values associated with ecosystems. We
argue that these values are not best captured by instrumental or consequentialist thinking …

We listen to a cacophony of voices instructing us how to think and feel about nature,
including our own bodies. The news media, wildlife documentaries, science magazines, and …

Language Planning from Practice to Theory examines and reviews the field of language
policy and planning. In the first section of the book language policy and planning definitions …