Including multiple differing stakeholder values into vulnerability assessments of socio-ecological systems

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 508-520

  de Chazal, Jacqueline ^a,b   Quétier, Fabien ^a   Lavorel, Sandra ^a   Van Doorn, Anne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Global change scenarios; Land use change; Plant functional traits; Stakeholder values; Traditional European agricultural landscapes; Vulnerability assessment

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GLOBAL CHANGE; LAND USE CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STAKEHOLDER; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 53349146472     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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