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Poset-valued preference relations [PDF]

open access: yesKybernetika, 2015
Summary: In decision processes some objects may not be comparable with respect to a preference relation, especially if several criteria are considered. To provide a model for such cases a poset valued preference relation is introduced as a fuzzy relation on a set of alternatives with membership values in a partially ordered set.
Vladimír Janis   +3 more
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Relational values provide common ground and expose multi‐level constraints to cross‐cultural wetland management

open access: yesPeople and Nature, 2021
The unprecedented level of threat facing many of the world's natural and cultural systems calls for the collaboration of multiple interest groups to engage in aligned environmental action. Understanding interest groups' relational values (i.e.
Corinne Y. Bataille   +4 more
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Agroforestry-Based Ecosystem Services: Reconciling Values of Humans and Nature in Sustainable Development

open access: yesLand, 2021
Agroforestry as active area of multi-, inter-, and transdisciplinary research aims to bridge several artificial divides that have respectable historical roots but hinder progress toward sustainable development goals. These include: (1) The segregation of
Meine van Noordwijk
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The ‘quiet hunt’: the significance of mushroom foraging among Russian-speaking immigrants in New York City

open access: yesEcosystems and People, 2022
Urban foraging provides city dwellers with numerous ecosystem services, but this human-nature interaction is largely missing from the urban ecosystem services scholarship. This exploratory study aims to address this gap in the literature and examines the
Tatiana Marquina   +3 more
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Mixed impacts of protected areas and a cash crop boom on human well‐being in North‐Eastern Madagascar

open access: yesPeople and Nature, 2023
Tropical forest frontier areas support the well‐being of local populations in myriad ways. Not only do they provide the material basis for people's livelihoods, they also sustain socio‐cultural foundations through relational values. They host some of the
Jorge C. Llopis   +6 more
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Value Relations [PDF]

open access: yesTheoria, 2008
Abstract: The paper provides a general account of value relations. It takes its departure in a special type of value relation, parity, which according to Ruth Chang is a form of evaluative comparability that differs from the three standard forms of comparability: betterness, worseness and equal goodness.
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Quantifying relational values — why not? [PDF]

open access: yesCurrent Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 2018
Relational values have recently emerged as a novel concept for research on human-environment relationships, seeking to understand ethical principles that may foster environmental stewardship, coupled with a recognition of nature’s contributions to people. At present, most empirical research on relational values uses qualitative methods.
Schulz, C, Martin-Ortega, J
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The meaning(s) of place: Identifying the structure of sense of place across a social–ecological landscape

open access: yesPeople and Nature, 2020
Sense of place holds promise to understand how people perceive and respond to social and ecological change; however, using this concept to explore vulnerability and adaptation first depends on identifying the multiple ways people define their ...
Kiandra Rajala   +2 more
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Symbolic Values, Value Formation and Interpersonal Relations [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2009
Interpersonal relations are shaped by the judgements associated with the social categories that individuals perceive in their social contacts. I develop a model of how those judgments form based on a theory of symbolic values. The model depicts the interaction between two values, one associated with an inherited ethnic trait (nationality) and one with ...
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Exploring evolving spiritual values of forests in Europe and Asia: a transition hypothesis toward re-spiritualizing forests

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2022
The development of societies, including spiritual development, is closely connected to forests. The larger interrelations among changing societies, transforming forest landscapes, and evolving spiritual values related to forests have yet to be ...
Jeanne-Lazya Roux   +18 more
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