Atividades socioambientais e de interpretação ambiental no Projeto Ecológico Cinturão Verde – terminal aquaviário de São Francisco do Sul – SC /  Socio-environmental activities and environmental interpretation in the Green Belt Ecological Project - waterway terminal in São Francisco do Sul - SC

The COVID-19 crisis has challenged and generated severe impact on the global society, economy, and environment. Under this pandemic context, governments and organizations around the world have issued and strengthened environmental policies and regulations to protect the environment and human health. However, the extant knowledge about how people’s interpretation of environmental policies and regulations influence their psychological well-being in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic is still limited. This study, therefore, investigates the impact of environmental interpretation on psychological well-being with the mediating role of environmentally responsible behavior and the moderating role of psychological contract violation. Using the data from a large sample of 960 residents in China, results of structural equation modeling show a positive relationship between environmental interpretation and psychological well-being, and this relationship is mediated by environmentally responsible behavior. Notably, psychological contract violation has a moderating effect on the indirect effect of environmental interpretation on psychological well-being via environmentally responsible behavior. These findings have several important implications for policymakers in environmental sustainability and pandemic planning.

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Lithofacies types and vertical profile models; an alternative approach to the description and environmental interpretation of glacial diamict and diamictite sequences

Sedimentology ◽

10.1111/j.1365-3091.1984.tb00894.x ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 31 (6) ◽

pp. 883-884 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

P. F. KARROW

Keyword(s):

Vertical Profile ◽

Environmental Interpretation ◽

Alternative Approach

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The Productive Landscape in the Desert Margin for the Sustainable Development of Rural Settlements: An Innovative Greenbelt for Maranjab Desert in Iran

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13042077 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 2077

Author(s):

Mahnaz Sarlak ◽

Laura Valeria Ferretti ◽

Rita Biasi

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Land Use ◽

Low Cost ◽

Agricultural Systems ◽

Rural Settlements ◽

Green Belt ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Research Questions ◽

New Form ◽

Low Levels

About two billion rural individuals depend on agricultural systems associated with a high amount of risk and low levels of yield in the drylands of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Human activities, climate change and natural extreme events are the most important drivers of desertification. This phenomenon has occurred in many regions of Iran, particularly in the villages in the periphery of the central desert of Iran, and has made living in the oases so difficult that the number of abandoned villages is increasing every year. Land abandonment and land-use change increase the risk of desertification. This study aims to respond to the research questions: (i) does the planning of green infrastructures on the desert margin affect the distribution and balance of the population? (ii) how should the green belt be designed to have the greatest impact on counteracting desertification?, and (iii) does the design of productive landscape provide the solution? Through a wide-ranging and comprehensive approach, this study develops different scenarios for designing a new form of green belt in order to sustainably manage the issues of environmental protection, agricultural tradition preservation and desertification counteraction. This study proposes a new-traditional greenbelt including small low-cost and low-tech projects adapted to rural scale.

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Environmental Interpretation for a Diverse Public: Nature Center Planning for Minority Populations

Journal of Interpretation Research ◽

10.1177/109258729700200103 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 27-46 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Susan K. Jacohson ◽

John J. Arana ◽

Mallory D. McDuff

Keyword(s):

Ethnic Diversity ◽

The United States ◽

Educational Facilities ◽

Community Based ◽

Human Environment ◽

Environmental Interpretation ◽

School Programs ◽

Nature Awareness ◽

The One

The increasing cultural and ethnic diversity in the United States should challenge environmental interpreters to offer programs that attract a variety of audiences. This study investigated minority involvement at Florida's nature centers through a census of 77 nature center directors throughout Florida as well as a survey of 21 minority staff working at these educational facilities. School programs at the nature centers are the primary method for reaching minorities; few programs involve minority adults from the community. The focus of the one-day visits for students is primarily nature awareness, with little emphasis on influencing knowledge or attitudes about local issues, human-environment relationships, or actions to reduce environmental problems. The results indicate the need for nature centers to expand their programs to offer long-term, community-based environmental interpretation for a diverse public.

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