Pretty, Jules - University of Essex - School of Biological Sciences

个人简介

Jules Pretty is Professor of Environment and Society at the University of Essex. He was Head of the Department of Biological Sciences from 2004-2008, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Science & Engineering) from 2010-2012, then Deputy Vice-Chancellor from 2012. He joined the Department of Biological Sciences in 1997, having worked for ten years at the International Institute for Environment and Development, where he was director of their sustainable agriculture programme from 1989. Before that, he worked at Imperial College. At the University of Essex, he set up the Centre for Environment and Society (now the Essex Sustainability Institute), which links across a variety of departments and disciplines. Summary of Wider Involvement Jules Pretty is Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Essex, and Professor of Environment and Society. His 18 books include This Luminous Coast (2011), Nature and Culture (2010), The Earth Only Endures (2007), and Agri-Culture (2002). He is a Fellow of the Society of Biology and the Royal Society of Arts, former Deputy-Chair of the government’s Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment, and has served on advisory committees for a number of government departments and research councils. He was a member of two Royal Society working groups that published Reaping the Benefits (2009) and People and the Planet (2012), and was a member of the UK government Foresight project on Global Food and Farming Futures (2011).

研究领域

Connections to nature and place Agricultural sustainability Green exercise and health benefits of nature Social capital and natural resources Biodiversity and ecoliteracy

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Conway G.R. and Pretty J N. 1988. Fertiliser risks in the developing countries. Nature 334, 207-8 Pretty J. 1990. Sustainable agriculture in the middle ages: the English Manor. Agric. History Review 38, 1-20 Pretty J N. 1991. Farmers' extension practice and technology adaptation: Agricultural revolution in 17-19th century Britain. Agriculture and Human Values VIII, 132-148 Pretty J. 1995. Participatory learning for sustainable agriculture. World Development 23 (8), 1247-1263 Pretty J, Brett C, Gee D, Hine R, Mason C F, Morison J I L, Raven H, Rayment M and van der Bijl G. 2000. An assessment of the total external costs of UK agriculture. Agricultural Systems 65 (2), 113-136 Pretty J and Ward H. 2001. Social capital and the environment. World Development 29 (2), 209-227 Pretty J N, Mason C F, Nedwell D B & Hine R E. 2003. Environmental costs of freshwater eutrophication in England and Wales. Environmental Science and Technology 37(2), 201-208 Ward H, Norval A, Landman T & Pretty J. 2003. Open citizens’ juries & the politics of sustainability. Political Studies 51(2), 289-306 Pretty J. 2003. Social capital and the collective management of resources. Science 302, 1912-1915 Pretty J, Griffin M and Sellens M. 2004. Is nature good for you? Ecos 24 (3-4), p2-9 Dobbs T and Pretty J N. 2004. Agri-environ stewardship schemes and `multifunctionality’. Rev of Agric Econ 26(2), 220-237 Pretty J. 2004. How nature contributes to mental and physical health. Spirituality and Health International 5(2), 68-78 Pretty J and Smith D J. 2004. Social capital in biodiversity conservation and management. Conserv Biol 18(5), 631-638 Pretty J, Lang T, Ball A and Morison J. 2005. Farm costs and food miles: an assessment of the full cost of the weekly food basket. Food Policy 30(1), 1-20 Pretty J, Peacock J, Sellens M and Griffin M. 2005. The mental and physical health outcomes of green exercise. International Journal of Environmental Health Research 15(5), 319-337 Westerman O, Ashby J and Pretty. 2005. Gender and social capital: The importance of gender differences for the maturity and effectiveness of natural resource management groups. World Dev 33 (11), 1783-1799 Morison J, Hine R and Pretty J. 2005. Survey and analysis of labour on organic farms in the UK and Republic of Ireland. Int J Agric Sustainability 3(1), 24-43 Pretty J, Noble A D, Bossio D, Dixon J, Hine R E, Penning de Vries F W T and Morison J I L. 2006. Resource-conserving agriculture increases yields in developing countries. Environ Sci & Technology 40 (4), 1114 -1119 Samson C and Pretty J. 2006. Environmental and health benefits of hunting lifestyles and diets for the Innu of Labrador. Food Policy 31(6), 528-553 Pretty J, Peacock J, Hine R, et al. 2007. Green exercise in the UK countryside: effects on health and psychological well-being. J Environ Planning & Manage 50(2), 211-231