05873nam 2201357z- 450 991056648420332120220506(CKB)5680000000037537(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/80995(oapen)doab80995(EXLCZ)99568000000003753720202205d2022 |y 0engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierReconnecting People with Nature through AgricultureBaselMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute20221 online resource (242 p.)3-0365-3855-0 3-0365-3856-9 An increasing number of people live in cities. In recent decades, this, combined with rural abandonment and landscape polarisation, has resulted in high land ownership concentrations and agricultural intensification. This, in turn, has resulted in a significant decrease in the resilience of agriculture and overall food systems and threatens the maintenance of traditional indigenous and peasant farming. Therefore, there is an urgent need to reconnect society with the sustainable use of agroecosystems by fostering resilient social-ecological systems, emphasising the links between the functioning of natural systems and human well-being, and stressing the benefits that people derive from them. This Special Issue aims to highlight impactful research and commentaries that focus on attempts to connect people with nature for the promotion of sustainable agricultural transitions. This Issue embraces inter- and trans-disciplinary studies from multiple disciplines (e.g., agricultural sciences, environmental sciences, geography, economy, and sociology), as well as those incorporating other knowledge systems (e.g., local and indigenous) in the co-construction of knowledge for sustainable agriculture, including studies in rural areas (e.g., GIAHS or HNV farmland) and initiatives that address urban-rural relationships or those developed within metropolitan areas (e.g., community-supported agriculture, food hubs, domestic gardens, multifunctional agriculture, and farmers´ or consumers´ cooperatives) and studies assessing the societal and ecological impacts of those initiatives.Research & information: generalbicsscadoptionsagricultural diversificationagricultural innovationsagricultural knowledge and innovation systems (AKIS)agricultural landscapesagricultureagroecologyalternative agri-food networks (AAFNs)alternative food networksbiodiversitybiological controlcity-regionclimate changecollective actioncommunity supported agriculturecommunity-supported agriculture (CSA)conservationconservative agriculture practicesconsumers/citizenscooperativescross-national case studycultural landscapesdemanddepopulationdouble-hurdle modeldrivers of changeecological agricultureecosystem servicesfood planningfood policyfood self-sufficiencyfood systems governancefoodshed archipelagogreenhouseshuman nature connectednesshuman-nature connectednesshuman-nature connectedness (HNC)human-nature reconnectioninclusive multilateralisminnovative business modelsintegrated pest managementinterpretative structural modelingknowledge co-productionland uselandscape planninglandscape stewardshiplocal identitymediterranean horticulturemixed methodsmulti-level perspectivemulti-level perspective (MLP)n/anatureparticipatory governanceparticipatory mappingPGISpond naturalisationproximity food supply chainspublic policyregional food securityregional food systemrelational proximityrights-based approachrural abandonmentrural-urban interactionsocio-ecological systemssocioecological systemssoil healthSpainspatial proximityspatial signaturestakeholder inclusionsustainability transitionssustainable agricultural transitionsustainable agriculturesustainable consumptionthreatened planturban growthwater conservationworld heritage siteyouthResearch & information: generalVicente-Vicente José Luisedt1303409Quintas-Soriano CristinaedtLópez-Rodríguez María DedtVicente-Vicente José LuisothQuintas-Soriano CristinaothLópez-Rodríguez María DothBOOK9910566484203321Reconnecting People with Nature through Agriculture3027009UNINA