Healing Natures, Repairing Relationships: New Perspectives on Restoring Ecological Spaces and Consciousness Robert L. France, editor. 2008. Sheffield VT: Green Frigate Books. Paper $31.95. ISBN 978-0-97174686-2. 255 pages.

Paul H. Gobster (), who is Research Social Scientist at the U.S. Forest Service’s Northern Research Station in Chicago, where he investigates people’s perceptions of natural areas restoration and management, the phenomenology of nature experience, and access and equity issues in urban parks