Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

This edited volume aims to widen the discussion about the diversity of human-nature relationships and valuation methods and to stimulate new perspective that are needed to build a more sustainable future, especially in face of ongoing socio-environmental changes. Conceptual and empirical approaches, including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methodologies have been used to highlight the importance of an integrative understanding of socio-ecological systems, where healthy ecosystems underpin the quality of life and societal activities largely drive environmental changes. Readers will obtain a comprehensive overview of the many and diverse ways the relationships between people and nature can be characterized. This includes understanding how people assign values to nature, discuss how human-nature interactions are shaped and provide examples of how these values and interactions can be systematically assessed across different land systems in Europe and beyond. This open access book is produced by internationally recognized scientists in the field but written in an accessible format to be of interest to a large audience, including prospective students, lecturers, young professionals and scientists embarking to the interdisciplinary field of socio-ecological research and environmental valuation.

Biodiversitat --- Medi ambient --- Ecologia aplicada --- Protecció --- Ecologia --- Natura --- Protecció ambiental --- Protecció mediambiental --- Protecció del medi ambient --- Ciències ambientals --- Enginyeria ambiental --- Qualitat ambiental --- Política ambiental --- Diversitat biològica --- Diversitat ecològica --- Biologia --- Heterogeneïtat ecològica --- Conservació --- Human nature interactions --- Nature's benefits to society --- Science-policy interface --- Scale and gradient analyses --- Environmental and human impacts --- Spatial planning and conservation --- Urban Geography and Urbanism --- Ecologia humana --- Efecte del clima sobre l'home --- Desenvolupament sostenible

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

This book provides the latest published nutritional data about wild edible plants traditionally consumed in the Mediterranean region. This information, not usually included in nutrient databases of foods, provides insight into the revalorization of wild food species and preservation of their traditional uses. The text also presents wild edible plants as alternatives to improve the diversity of modern Mediterranean diets, as they may represent valuable sources of nutrients often lacking in modern societies, such as fiber or vitamin B9. This work has expanded from the two initial groups, to involve different contributors, including experts from different countries, most of them bordering the Mediterranean Sea. As a result, a multidisciplinary approach has been achieved.The book is organized into four parts that deals with different aspects of wild edible plants, the last one and largest offering a detailed compilation of ethnobotanical and nutritional information about some of the most important Mediterranean wild edible plants.

Food science. --- Botany - General --- Botany --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Wild plants, Edible --- Edible native plants --- Edible weeds --- Edible wild plants --- Native edible plants --- Native plants, Edible --- Weeds, Edible --- Wild edible plants --- Wild food plants --- Wild plants as food --- Plants, Edible --- Botany. --- Biochemistry. --- Biodiversity. --- Plant Sciences. --- Plant Biochemistry. --- Food Science. --- Science --- Biological diversification --- Biological diversity --- Biotic diversity --- Diversification, Biological --- Diversity, Biological --- Biology --- Biocomplexity --- Ecological heterogeneity --- Numbers of species --- Biological chemistry --- Chemical composition of organisms --- Organisms --- Physiological chemistry --- Chemistry --- Medical sciences --- Botanical science --- Phytobiology --- Phytography --- Phytology --- Plant biology --- Plant science --- Natural history --- Plants --- Composition --- Plant science. --- Plant biochemistry. --- Food—Biotechnology. --- Phytochemistry --- Plant biochemistry --- Plant chemistry --- Biochemistry --- Phytochemicals --- Plant biochemical genetics --- Floristic botany --- Biotecnologia vegetal --- Biodiversitat --- Aliments --- Botànica --- Biotecnologia --- Conreus --- Biotecnologia de les plantes --- Biotecnologia dels conreus --- Plantes --- Biotecnologia agrícola --- Fitografia --- Fitologia --- Regne vegetal --- Biologia --- Ciències naturals --- Flora --- Natura, Estudi de la --- Biotecnologia agroalimentària --- Biotecnologia alimentària --- Aliments transgènics --- Tecnologia dels aliments --- Diversitat biològica --- Diversitat ecològica --- Heterogeneïtat ecològica --- Mediterranean Region. --- Circum-Mediterranean countries --- Mediterranean Area --- Mediterranean countries --- Mediterranean Sea Region --- Botanical chemistry.