Using two European case-study areas, this paper explores the relative advantages of the two valuation approaches.
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In his essay, Paul M. Keeling tries to answer the question if the idea of wilderness needs a defence.
This paper discusses two central themes of the work of Alan Holland: the relations between the natural and the normative and how our duties regarding animals cohere with our obligations to respect nature.
In this paper, it is argued that many social practices serve human purposes and also provide a setting for the emergence of environmental value.
The paper discusses some relationships between aesthetic and non-aesthetic reasons for valuing rural landscape, i.e., landscape shaped by predominantly non-aesthetic purposes.
The paper argues that ecological services are either too “lumpy” to price in incremental units (for example, climatic systems), priced competitively, or too cheap to meter. The paper considers counter-examples and objections.
Anja Nygren analyses the social and political discourses related to environment and sustainable development in Costa Rica.
Anne K. Johnson tests the claims of cultural theory using the formation of climate change policies in Sweden, the United States, and Japan as case studies.
Jay Appleton addresses the apparent difficulty experienced by philosophers in applying the methodology of art criticism to the aesthetics of nature and uses the idea of “narrative” to explore it.
David Russell narrates the exploration of trees and woods.