Nature and Culture
Aims & Scope
Nature and Culture is a forum for the international community of scholars and practitioners to present, discuss, and evaluate critical issues and themes related to the historical and contemporary relationships that societies, civilizations, empires, regions, nation-states have with Nature. The journal contains a serious interpolation of theory, methodology, criticism, and concrete observation forming the basis of this discussion.
The mission of the journal is to move beyond specialized disciplinary enclaves and mind-sets toward broader syntheses that encompass time, space and structures in understanding the Nature-Culture relationship. The Journal will furthermore provide an outlet for the identification of knowledge gaps in our understanding of this relationship.
Nature and Culture receives financial support for its editorial operations from the Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig. www.ufz.de/ (English version)
The Editors and Editorial Board will consider new topics and authors should not be restricted by those listed below. Current themes are as follows:
- Cultural Reactions and Conceptions of Nature
- Degradation and Restoration of Environment
- Ecological Time
- Ecological Futures
Forthcoming Articles
Nature and Culture Vol. 5, No. 3, 2010
Special Symposium on Urban Ecological Restoration
Introduction: Urban Ecological Restoration
Paul H. Gobster
Restored Nature, Familiar Culture: Contesting Visions for Preferred Environments in Australian Cities
David Trigger and Lesley Head
“Refueling” Satoyama Woodland Restoration in Japan: Enhancing Restoration Practice and Experiences through Woodfuel Utilization
Toru Terada, Makoto Yokohari, Jay Bolthouse, and Nobuhiko Tanaka
From the Ground up: Why Urban Ecological Restoration Needs Environmental Justice
Colette Palamar
Spontaneous Urban Vegetation: Reflections of Change in a Globalized World
Peter Del Tredici
Off Track, in Nature: Constructing Ecology on Old Rail Lines in Paris and New York
Jennifer Foster
Going Beyond Green: Measuring the Ecology of Urban Green Space in the Context of Human Health and Well-being
Anna Jorgensen and Paul H. Gobster
Subjects: Sociology, Anthropology, Archaeology, Environmental Studies