Evaluating today's landscape multifunctionality and providing an alternative future: A normative scenario approach

Ecology and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Waldhardt, Rainer ^a   Bach, Martin ^a   Borresch, René ^a   Breuer, Lutz ^a   Diekötter, Tim ^a   Frede, Hans Georg ^a   Gäth, Stefan ^a   Ginzler, Oliver ^a   Gottschalk, Thomas ^a   Julich, Stefan ^a   Krumpholz, Matthias ^a   Kuhlmann, Friedrich ^a   Otte, Annette ^a   Reger, Birgit ^a   Reiher, Wolfgang ^a   Schmitz, Kim ^a   Schmitz, P Michael ^a   Sheridan, Patrick ^a   Simmering, Dietmar ^a   Weist, Cornelia ^a   Wolters, Volkmar ^a   Zörner, Dorit ^a   more..

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Ecosystem services; Germany; Modeling; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MODELING; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC GOODS; SUSTAINABILITY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

GERMANY;

EID: 77958515715     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03590-150330     Document Type: Article

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