The history of ecosystem services in economic theory and practice: From early notions to markets and payment schemes

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1209-1218

  Gómez Baggethun, Erik ^a   de Groot, Rudolf ^b   Lomas, Pedro L ^a   Montes, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Commodification; Economic history; Ecosystem services; Exchange value; Market based instruments; Use value

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; ECONOMIC THEORY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; NEOCLASSICAL THEORY; PARADIGM SHIFT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 77950325641     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

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