Economic analysis for ecosystem assessments: Application for the UK national ecosystem assessment (NEA)

Working Paper - Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment

Volumn , Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-51

  Bateman, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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ARABLE LAND; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GIS; LAND USE CHANGE; MARGINALIZATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; VALUATION; WOODLAND;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 73649102082     PISSN: 09678875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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