Ecosystem services and regional development: An application to Sweden

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2549-2559

  Gren, Ing Marie ^a   Isacs, Lina ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Kemikalieinspektionen   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Growth; Regional green accounting; Sustainable development; Sweden

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; NATURAL CAPITAL; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 67649085913     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.03.023     Document Type: Article

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