Land use and the state of the natural environment

Land Use Policy

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Potschin, Marion ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Indicators; Land use change; Scenarios; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FUTURE PROSPECT; LAND COVER; LAND USE; LAND USE CHANGE; SUSTAINABILITY; THRESHOLD; TREND ANALYSIS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 73249118101     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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