Changing Views
The cultivation of local ____________ has been shown to provide psychological benefits for people.
biodiversity
Used to emphasize the integration of humans into nature and to stress the artificial, arbitrary delineation between social and ecological systems.
Social-ecological system concept
Biocapacity
The shift in conjunction that reflects changing attitudes from one that saw nature as being outside the human realm to one that sees nature and people as joint parties in a synergistic relationship.
apart from, despite, for, and
Ecosystem services can be delivered by _______.
domestic green-space
Used to describe how anthropogenic factors affect their surroundings and how they compare to less affected areas.
Urban-rural gradient
These two areas tend to place a much higher value on species conservation.
Suburban and urban
Can be delivered via pathways that do not require people to engage actively with the natural environment.
Passive or indirect ecosystem services
One aspect of change is a greater level of activity which involves _______.
Contact with nature
Associated with a better-educated public, alignment with voluntary organizations, and more leisure time.
High levels of activism.
Delivered via pathways that require people to actively engage with the natural environment to gain benefits.
Active or direct ecosystem services
Provides opportunities to combine living systems with traditional material.
Synthetic biology
The "extinction of experience".
The disconnection from biodiversity, felt by many people living in urban environments.
A technique that compares actual human consumption of renewable resources and ecological services against the supply of such resources from nature.
Ecological footprint
Occurs when resource consumption surpasses Earth's biocapacity.
Environmental degradation