Urban areas could indeed expand due to rapid population growth or migration into cities on which could also reduce biodiversity and alter organisms ranges and interactions. This reduce the interactions with nature. However, research on this subject is limited.
The idea that humans are facing a global extinction of experience of nature is popular, but there is poor empirical evidence of its reality. To shed more light on this, the scientists measured how the average distance from an individual s home to the nearest area with low human impact changed in the last decade. They found that humans currently live 9.7 km away from a natural area on average, which is 7% further away than in the year 2000.
The idea that humans are facing a global extinction of experience of nature is popular, but there is poor empirical evidence of its reality. To shed more light
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