The Routledge Handbook of Cultural Ecosystem Services by Pame... - 9781032540467

The Routledge Handbook of Cultural Ecosystem ServicesAuthor(s): Pamela D. McElwee, Karen E. Allen, Rachelle K. Gould, Minna Hsu, Jun He\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032540467, 978-1032540467\nSynopsis\nThe Routledge Handbook of Cultural Ecosystem Services provides an overview of Cultural Ecosystem Services (CES), which are the nonmaterial aspects of benefits that people derive from nature. These diverse and multifaceted contributions can include experiences, capabilities, and identities, among others. The Handbook addresses how these CES are valued, how they reflect human-nonhuman relationships, and what roles they can play in improved human well-being, ecosystem management, and trajectories towards sustainability.\n\nThis Handbook presents a wide array of perspectives on the roles CES can play in understanding relationships to nature, and on how those relationships might translate into policy. The Handbook ie