Valuing ecosystem services for sustainable landscape planning in Alpine regions

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 156-165

  Gret Regamey, Adrienne ^a   Walz, Ariane ^b   Bebi, Peter ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpine region; Economic valuation; Ecosystem services; GIS; Landscape planning; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GIS; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; REGIONAL PLANNING; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SPATIAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; DAVOS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRAUBUNDEN; SWISS PLATEAU; SWITZERLAND;

TETRAO UROGALLUS;

EID: 46449085047     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/mrd.0951     Document Type: Review

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