Social goals and the valuation of natural capital

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 19-28

  Costanza, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosytem services; Natural capital; Social goals; Sustainability; Uncertainty; Valuation

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

SOCIAL GOALS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; SUSTAINABILITY; VALUATION;

ARTICLE; CAPITAL; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GOALS; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 0038756363     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024045221992     Document Type: Article

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