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Preferences for nearby natural settings: Ethnic and age variations
(Forest Service, USDA, 1993)
Knowledge-based interventions for promote conservation behavior: Stories as replacements for direct experience
(School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, 1993)
A sustainable planet is not possible without widespread environmental stewardship behavior. Society's resource-costly lifestyles present an historic challenge. Never before have so many behaviors needed to change in so ...
The application of life cycle assessment to design
(Elsevier, 1993)
This paper explores the practical application of life cycle assessment (LCA) to product system development. While life cycle assessment methods have been studied and demonstrated extensively over the last two decades, their ...
Messy Ecosystems, Orderly Frames
(1995)
Novel landscape designs that improve ecological quality may not be appreciated or maintained if recognizable landscape language that communicates human intention is not part of the landscape. Similarly, ecologically valuable ...
Some fundamentals of engaging stories
(Routledge, 1996)
This paper discusses a form of information transfer referred to as story. It is suggested that stories serve as a singularly effective replacement for direct experience, a useful but sometimes difficult environmental ...
The perception of landscape style: a cross-cultural comparison
(Elsevier, 1990-06)
The perception of landscape style has received little attention. The present study explores this in a cross-cultural context both with respect to the landscapes (Korean, Japanese and Western) and in terms of the individual ...
The role of interest in environmental information: A new agenda.
(Children, Youth and Environments, Boulder, CO, 1994)
The majority of environmental information is presented in factual, expository text
format. Although this form of text may be sufficient when learner interest is already
high or when incentives are strong, environmental ...
Populus tremuloides photosynthesis and crown architecture in response to elevated CO 2 and soil N availability
(Springer-Verlag; Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 1997-04)
We tested the hypothesis that elevated CO 2 would stimulate proportionally higher photosynthesis in the lower crown of Populus trees due to less N retranslocation, compared to tree crowns in ambient CO 2 . Such a response ...