 Connectedness to nature and the conservation of the urban ecosystem: Perspectives from the valuation of urban forestsMasayuki Sato, Ippei Aoshima and Youngho Chang () Forest Policy and Economics, 2021, vol. 125, issue C Abstract: “Connectedness to nature” refers to an individual's sense of relatedness to nature, and has been extensively employed in analyzing the human−nature relationship. This study examines how connectedness to nature relates to environmental conservation, demonstrating that strong connectedness to nature is correlated with an individual's willingness to pay (WTP) for forest conservation. WTP was measured by conducting a choice experiment focused on Singapore's urban forests. The results indicate that Singaporean residents demonstrating greater connectedness to nature appear to have a higher monetary valuation of urban forests and highlight the importance of biodiversity protection and ecosystems as functions of urban forests. These findings suggest that forest management in urban areas may vary according to the degree of residents' connectedness to nature. Keywords: Connected to nature scale; Willingness to pay; Choice experiment; Structural equation model; Contact with nature; Singapore (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:forpol:v:125:y:2021:i:c:s1389934121000022 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2021.102396 Access Statistics for this article Forest Policy and Economics is currently edited by M. Krott More articles in Forest Policy and Economics from Elsevier |
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