Estimating the ecosystem service losses from proposed land reclamation projects: A case study in Xiamen

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2549-2556

  Wang, Xuan ^a   Chen, Weiqi ^a   Zhang, Luoping ^a   Jin, Di ^b   Lu, Changyi ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal ecosystem services; Coastal management; Ecosystem valuation; Environmental damage; Land reclamation

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ESTIMATION METHOD; LAND RECLAMATION; VALUATION;

CHINA; FUJIAN; XIAMEN;

EID: 77956993173     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.07.031     Document Type: Article

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