The environmental connected ness perspective posits that direct encounter with generalized, or nonspecific
“nature,” leads to environmental connectness and subsequent pro-environmental behavior.
This article examines this perspective and proposes a place-based application of the nature encounterenvironmental
behavior relation. An empirical study using data from a national survey on outdoor
recreation and nature-based tourism is presented. Results show a minimal relationship between measures
of environmental connectedness and self-reports of environmental behavior. The following examination
of the environmental connectedness perspective reveals that environmental connectedness is
rooted in a material/objective perspective, neglecting the human domain of perceptions, values, and
representations. The environment as “nature” is portrayed as a geographically undefined agent with the
inherent power to change human attitudes and behavior. Based on this, the article concludes with a
proposed replacement of the elusive concept of nature for the relational concept of place.
The environmental connected ness perspective posits that direct encounter with generalized, or nonspecific“nature,” leads to environmental connectness and subsequent pro-environmental behavior.This article examines this perspective and proposes a place-based application of the nature encounterenvironmentalbehavior relation. An empirical study using data from a national survey on outdoorrecreation and nature-based tourism is presented. Results show a minimal relationship between measuresof environmental connectedness and self-reports of environmental behavior. The following examinationof the environmental connectedness perspective reveals that environmental connectedness isrooted in a material/objective perspective, neglecting the human domain of perceptions, values, andrepresentations. The environment as “nature” is portrayed as a geographically undefined agent with theinherent power to change human attitudes and behavior. Based on this, the article concludes with aproposed replacement of the elusive concept of nature for the relational concept of place.
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