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Children’s preferences for less diverse greenspaces do not disprove biophilia

Simone Fattorini, Rosalina Gabriel, Ana M. Arroz, Isabel R. Amorim, Paulo A. V. Borges, and Philip Cafaro
PNAS August 29, 2017 114 (35) E7215; published ahead of print August 22, 2017 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1711505114
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aDepartment of Life, Health, and Environmental Sciences, University of L’Aquila, 67100, L’Aquila, Italy;bCentre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes/Azorean Biodiversity Group, University of Azores, 9700-042 Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, Portugal;
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Hand et al. (1) make a most useful contribution to the debate on the role of urban greenspaces in providing well-being benefits for children. Their discussion of the increasing disconnection between people and nature as a result of urbanization is valuable in a context of a nonsustainable humanity. However, we challenge their claim that “Children’s use of different urban habitats and their selection of habitats based on relative use and availability did not conform to the biophilia hypothesis” (1).

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Simone Fattorini, Rosalina Gabriel, Ana M. Arroz, Isabel R. Amorim, Paulo A. V. Borges, Philip Cafaro
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Aug 2017, 114 (35) E7215; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1711505114

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